TRAIN ON FIRE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 15

TRAIN ON FIRE.

;^tERRIi3I.E;:;^ASJEB-: :JN,:'l:RA^c'iVsv - ; : ■ The, .Pariß' r :bbrrßsporident:'of • oil-^ecembel^lp,' States:—■ '■;j'V. :^v; ; ; ;v- ■ : .:;^vV-'-;'*' :, ' ;,: "- J '-- v '''2.-*s'' '■'■' '; ■ Railway . ' beirreen. and* Liiribgesj'- was ; tho, scene ■ : this/cvenihg tailed'information-been receiyed'atvthe '-.'Miiiir l -; 'dxjffi lulitic^Pfks^and 1 tljo, _of \ posts'?and >Telcgraplisi;and it' is as ..yet 'in-, : oomplpteV.^,* < v : Aco6^uingi^to l the •':latest'.. neiva, ;thitseeii; v ;pa v • outright ori,burned.vto death,'and pyer thirty- ; !.-..■'? The. .cata'sjjbphoipccurred ; 93 follows :.l«s-. .terdayj vgoode train,; heary < material;! ;lefs: ; Brive' : A .little, later;':i-.pa-sseiiger.utrainvßtartod-;froni Brive; ,forithe :^o '/ucstiiiatio'n/i..Vlleariwhile.-the; goods ahead, 1 was/steaming; up a stiff slopei ; .when the.cpuplipgs.connect-: ing ! :,twi>. wagoiis;.in: the rear -gave:way, ;and.i 'the^pprtion'-. of Hrain ':penjn.d ; : the ,: broken :<sbupling : bogah,;tq ,? run backward' down- the' ilop^,V'gatheringJspeed:as';ftif*7entv,";; : vi r t as;- , it '■•'■ dasheaValongJ; direction•■• of'. ; Bri'ye,'' and passed through,. ,the little station'; : of ;•'Estivaux,,' the . ■ i'obr , : serv^lit, 7: .andSrealis€du' : threatened at; once, stating what ■Had'-happeiiea;;but 'unfortunately "the';in«B-_■ : sage ; : arriveditpq,:Jate.:iv,The;>p'assenger,/train ' driver ::nor, its 'passenge);^Jjad' v an^ ; suspicion of ; tuo-'fate I awaiting'them;^ , s -'^-;--1.-. \&j+-'•.%■; ; - ; ,-i' i .': v ■ ■'; Theii, fat '■ some' distance\from' the- month j :of:;.^hei;:-_tnnnel ? ''and;.iii?^t^V,darKncss,-- : .Bave■;for.'.the .electric lights:;iii; ;.th& .carriageSjithe' two.trains dashed into^each other, °Sfany of the vehicles .were thrown-.violently ..off'tho ta'ils, and.projected into onb.another.'.Masses; .ofdrdn.'and jteel were twisted Shapes';- j;the;;woodwork-' vas .encashed to'afoms.' , ;Amid ■ all;this .wreckage thei:victinjs ..writhedan indescribable agony, all^thci^taoljeF.terrible.now"'that they:; >yere : | in" dirlmess, : .|he shock of.the'bollißion having''extinguished ithe:lanipsK ;: ;' ■■■ : ■:Z '■i" : Oßly: ,: i6r''avfo\«;-;Bwiii3sv\;howoyeTi-'{pr:' > th€'; woodwork'; now become;Bovmuch .fuel, caught : 'firo'.ifQni^the, vstillv'blazing':furnaoes^of-rthe I not," teen ' disabled. , 'in , .; the.•;shockfand,,/we'rei ;'ablp-.'tb;;.get but of the; these : . w< rj%k^^PP!'y : rmajonty-T^niade:::their, way-iis-swiftly- as -might-:bo to tiae-entrance ■ of? the>tuniiel.andvg!ive"the'raljinni £-~j >■■:■ ■'.-■■'■', hf,The#jiew3 jtapid)y';;t and : . ijn> an '■< ijicredioly^&liort/time:ipeople; came fusbing'-to : the'^scen||6f;thetcatastropho-'frbm : ,to ,bounng^llages7)a'ttd-::willingly:,lcrit v mttheSw.o^Lpf : Bobn i.aleO /a brpakdb*flv'gang;:fVith" sui-gebnS : and -a' num-. . hereof; pgjdiers}, liding 1 the: -assistance ::of ':able- ■ .ihad-''.sayed.a,. y',>ur§infeaiid'-liad; ; thethoytwefe at/once:coweyed;i6iißrive;4^^ : ;f•>■'/;•.' .. : .; r >- W .."v.'TKe'j driver':! tf ','tho'-' ipassengeriAtrainv.was found •■■; "finished : belithe jjocpniotive,? '.but, 1 -' although bravely: ',direoted?.:t-he?;'.resaa<«^^^ himy'by snieane : of \ annrbn .bar; used ,levert'isoj:: ■ from. 'the 1 heavy ; iiass^f' nietal ;■ that .held Kim :■ ■ the'.would-be• rescuersiiWay-.frornvthe : spot,'-, : and.^Q^'pl^r:fellow)perjsh'cd-b?fp're'their eyes. hoji'eyerj the .rescu'o : ;'party%ore, : able;to carry. on. : their.;fiproio ; work, ; in. ; 6'ther. idirectidhsi.l •;.

■''.■•Amon^■ | . ! -tlie I ..".tliirt : eeii ''■'■ .persons« reported , : known gprofcissorAat-: the ; : Limoges ■' 'School;": of' -cliarred postal:; eniployeoa ;■ ■from:: Paris ;alsq:'pcrisfoa.-: r ; Their; means :ai■[ charred v 6or»pß"; : 6f*:ite"ir ft uiiifo'r_'s ! . ,that;theirvidehtity could; be.eßtablished'?- : (">.. : : :':■.■■'.' AtvlO; o'clifclt;. to-r'night,l am^infqrmed'-tKat l three otrfcs'of• JKfeHhirtj^perspris'-ini.vired ! liaVe-Bttccambe.dr.'liTliis^b'ringe^aie^'deatK-rbll.-.id ; /&;. iAscfo.Xifii&t^ijft.sjxJ. ,.'?.'-.