FRENCH TRAIN DISASTER
TERRIBLE AGONY OF THE INJURED. Paris, June 2G. The derailment of the Lille-Paris express was due to heat expanding the rails and an axle breaking as the train was passing Boaucourt Hamel. The luggage van left the rails, dragging the three last carriages. Tho van rolled into the river, Ancro. Three carriages tel down the embankment and were smashed to splinters. There were some horrible happenings Arms were waving frantically among the wreckage. It was impossible to render aid. Some women begged to be killed if their agony could not bo relieved. The place was the.scene of heavy fighting in 191G.-Aus.-N.Z. published yesterday stated that 27 were killed and 62 injured.]
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 234, 28 June 1921, Page 5
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114FRENCH TRAIN DISASTER Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 234, 28 June 1921, Page 5
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