Terrible Railway Accident
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Ottawa. April 29; A terrible railway accident is reported as having occurred at Hamil- .? ton, situated stt the western extremity < of Lake Ontario. The latest news to hand respecting the occurrence states that an excursion train wae thrown off: the lino, the carriages were telescoped and aim- ist immediately flames. brosVe^ out on the wrecked trait-. Ah awful', r ., scene ensued in consequence of the great number of excursionists travelling by the train. Many -were til^ii. and tbeir bodies burned, No fewer. -._ than 18 bodies, each burned almost to> a cinder,* have been -recovered. Twelve ' passengers sustained severe, injuries, -
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 127, 2 May 1889, Page 2
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