BUS TRAGEDY IN U.S.A.
MANY VICTIMS WILL BE MAIMED FOR LIFE
SALT LAKE CITY, December 2
Physicians declared that many of those injured in the disaster when a bus was struck by a fast goods train would be maimed for life. Others are expected to die. It is impossible to identify the broken bodies of many of the dead. Officials are checking homes in the area to determine the exact casualty list.
Chance circumstances saved a number of children from being on the bus. One youngster stayed at home because of toothache. His brother was killed. A girl whose home is on the opposite side of the railway track was waiting for the bus and saw it hit by the train.
When the news of the tragedy reached the high school, many children had to be forced into buses to make the trip home and several drivers at first refused to leave.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 134, 3 December 1938, Page 9
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