MINE DISASTER
TRAIN BREAKS AWAY
MILE PLUNGE DOWN TRACKS
20 DEAD, 38 INJURED
(By Telegraph—Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received December 7, 1 p.m.)
SYDNEY (Nova Scotia), December 6. A mine train carrying 250 men broke from its cable and plunged a mile down the steep tracks and was smashed to pieces in the Princess colliery, 20 men being killed and 38 injured.
The train, composed of 26 box-like cars, was controlled from the surface by a cable which parted when the train was less than half-way down. The cars careered away at 60 miles an hour. Some of the men jumped oft", some were crushed against jagged walls, and some fell under the wheels. Most of them stayed on board.
The train ran for a mile after the cable broke, nad finally jumped the tracks and piled up in a heap. Cardell Nicholson, a survivor, could only say: "It was awful. There was no warning jolt when the cable broke, and we were suddenly roaring at 60 miles an hour. A man in front of ,me stood up and the jagged ro.of of the mine cut off his head. Another jumped, hit the wall, and was thrown back under the wheels and ground to pieces." '^
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 137, 7 December 1938, Page 13
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204MINE DISASTER Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 137, 7 December 1938, Page 13
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