RUNAWAY TRAIN
CARRIAGES CRUSHEO
MANY DEAD AND INJURED
(Received 11th December, 11 a.m.) 1 PARIS, 10th December.
A Kamur message states that the f aiiure of the brakes during the descent of » steep bank near a station caused the derailment of a passenger train. Four carriages were telescoped amid scenesj of horror. Bescue was very difficult It is believed that a dozen persons were killed, and seventy-five injured. The carriages were crowded, many peo» pie standing-. The train was travel}ing at a speed of sixty miles an hour when the derailment turned the enginet completely round/ crumbling three carriages. Tlie others remained upright. I The rescuers, aided by a fire brigade and special cranes from Brussels, wrestled for three hours, cutting through' metal plates. The dead were terrible 1 mutilated.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1929, Page 13
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130RUNAWAY TRAIN Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1929, Page 13
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