TRAIN DISASTER.
FALLS INTO AN ABYSS. TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OFTHE INJURED. , Ey Tcleerapb—Press Association—Oopyricbt (Roc. April 24, 0.20 p.m.) Caps Town, April 24. The train accident at Blaauwkrautz Bridge was caused through a truck becoming derailed fifty yards from the bridge. It plunged into the abyss, dragging the remainder of the train after it. Some of the killed and wounded wero caught in a ledge 120 feet down. It took six hours to reach them. The injured suffered terrible tortures. A little girl was caught by the foot in a fork of the bridge, and hung head downwards. ' . ■ OIL TANK CAR EXPLODES. By Tekffranli-PreEs Association-Oopyrieht New York, April 23. An oil tank car exploded on tho railway at St. Louis. Threo persons wero killed and nine injured.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1110, 25 April 1911, Page 7
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126TRAIN DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1110, 25 April 1911, Page 7
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