GIRL GUIDE'S FORTITUDE
(Beceived 19th February, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, 18th February. - Twenty-five victims, injured in tlio collision, aro still in hospital, tho majority in a serious condition with legs injured when the floors of the carriages collapsed. The victims are mostly girls homeward bound from work. Fog delayed tlio arrival of the ambulances and tho frozen, slippery ground added to'tho difficulties of the rescuers. Tho injured included a. Girl Guide- whoso legs wore badly hurt. Sho did not' whimper, though severely jolted when carried up tho frozen embankment. ' Tho doctor attending remarked: "You're,a line soldier." Sho replied: simply: "I'm a Girl Guide."
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 42, 19 February 1930, Page 9
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102GIRL GUIDE'S FORTITUDE Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 42, 19 February 1930, Page 9
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