DREADFUL TRAINS DISASTER.
FULL SPEED INTO COLLAPSING , TUNNEL. ' PANIC IN THE Dx\RK. SEVERAL TRAMPLED TO DEATH, By Tclesraph-Prass Association—OoDH'telit Berlin, December-10, J; Later reports oi the railway disaster' in Germany, when a train was buried in the debris of a collapsing tunnel at Brainsdorf, show that when .the Har-.' rasl'elsen tunnel collapsed the train .was travelling at high speed, and tho. debris was not noticed, ' ; iC : "s Tile engine mounted upwards /and struck tho top of tho tunnel.", Masses of masonry collapsed, and sis ' coaches were telescoped. Panic among the passengers followed, and in the darkness several werO'trampled to death whilst attempting to burrow a way our of tho debris.. ■ > ■■ Nine of the dead were fearfully mutilated, and fifteen were dangerously injured. ~:■, ;■.■■ ;'x' : t■
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1935, 18 December 1913, Page 5
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124DREADFUL TRAINS DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1935, 18 December 1913, Page 5
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