SEVEN KILLED.
TRAIN DISASTER IN ENGLAND,
'■r--\ A,BROKEN COUPLING.' , .' ,' By Telecraph-Press Association-Copyriehl
■•'■'■ London, January 30. I The Brighton. and London - express, while, running at forty miles an hour; broke a coupling at Stoats Nest station, Lnear ; Croydon,.a few miles from; London. The rear portion.of the train' ransome distance, before it loft the metals,' and then .'a carriage was 'flung the platform and overturned. V" '"'•' •■','.■■■' : Seven persons were killed, including a man standing on, the station platform, and'twenty others .were", injured.- .".'■»■,■'■ :-,'-■.' ; . ■f ~ . , . . : ,-. ;; ." ".' . .'V X ; INSTANTANEOUS DEATH. -"-V -\.;NO -PANIC..: '•■'■■ 'V.:' : (Rec; January 31, 10.30 p.m.) ':.:■■'■■ ':.:... ■-.'.' London, January 31: : Death; was.insta-ntancous in the case of the seven persons,killed' in. the jailway disaster.. ■;;■■,-;■;. '. : .>;;■;.. ._"; -:■;-. ■ '-. The .coach:;jumped-in the, air : . and ascended : the slope on';the form,, destroying .the signal-post; a large 'water-crane,- and 20ft..,0f -paling between* tho platform and tie-main line. -It next somersauJted to the permanent way.- ■ -. ;'. The .officials ancT the :unihjured passengers mado ;heroio efforts to' succour- the injured. . There was'.no -.panic.-'.v, '.■'■■ v-..\ .'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 730, 1 February 1910, Page 5
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159SEVEN KILLED. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 730, 1 February 1910, Page 5
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