TRAINS CRASH IN FOG

Chronicle (Levin), 8 November 1947, Page 5

TRAINS CRASH IN FOG

(N.Z.P.A.-

— Reuter

Six Kiiled And 89 Injured In Britain

Conyright)

Received Friday, 7.15 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 7. London 3s -worst i'og for 1947 caused three train crashes in which six persons wero, killed and at. least 89 injured. The i'og jDaralysed all forms oi' transport over Ihe greater part oi

Britain. Jn addition to aceidents at Motspur Park and Horne Hill, an L.M.S. passeng-er train from * Rughy collided with a parcels train outside Euston station. About 80 passengers wero slightly injured. Both engines and some coaehes wero derailed. The revised easualty figures in the other two aceidents are I'our killed and 88 injured at Motspui* Park and two killed and 20 injured at Ilerne Ilill. Men w:.'h speeial lorehes had 1o walk in front oi the anibulances going to the Motspur Park accident beeause the log* was oue oi the worst ever known in the di.striet. There were eerie seenes both at Motspur Park and Ilerne Ilill as rescuers worked ainong the wreckage with the aid oi searehlights and oil flares which only dimly penetrat ed the eurtain oi log. Many people were slightly injured in several bus eollisions Long distanee lorry drivers trave]ling north said the log was the worst lor many years. Visibility was nil in many places. Oue driver niaking J'or Manchester de eided to stay the night at St. Albans after he had driven round in eireles. Bus services in many towns, in eluding parts oi London, were withdrawn. Oue motorist drove his car into the River Lea near Leyton. Ilt eseaped unhui't. The log paralysed all the London air ports only 12 of 36 aircral't schedided to leave London airport took off. Only ten left and thrce arrived at Northolt. There was no activity at all "at ('roydon. The accident at Motspur Park was when a Southern Railway passenger train i'rom Waterloo to Chessing'ton in Surrey was derailed. Oue coach overturned. In the Ilerne Ilill accident two Southern Railway passenger trains collided and two coaehes wcnt over an embankment.