RAILWAY DISASTER

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9853, 5 November 1924, Page 5

RAILWAY DISASTER

DERAILMENT OF LIVERPOOL EXPRESS.

TWELVE PERSONS Ki.LLEI)

HE A RTvR ENDURING SL EXES.

United Press Association—Copyright. (Received Xov. 4, 8.10 p.m.) LUNDDX. Nov. ;i. Twelve persons were lulled through the deradniem of the Liverpaol--I‘laekpoi! express at Lyi’unm. .Many passengers v. ecu pinned under the wi eekage and heart-rending scenes were witnessed while efforts were being made u> extricate them. i be alarm was increased by a coach taking tire, but the fire brigade averted danger. Alany prominent Lancashire business men are involved.—Reuter.

HIVE BODIES ALREADY RECOVERED.

WOMAN PASSENGER'S' STORY

TRAIN • SPEED INTIMATED AT FORTY ...TIES AN HOUR.

(Received Nov. 4, 10."0 p.m.)

LONDON, Nov. 3. Five hod es lecovered from the Lytlmm train wreclt. lane been identaied, iiieludaig two sisters n,(l the engine driver. Three ethers are st:i! buried beneath the wreckage. Twelve were injured.

One report says the accident was due to the axb' breaking.

Thousands of people gathered at the spot, although it was iniuniglit. Motorists, hearing the news, joined in the rescue work.

One woman passenger remarked to her daughter that ii the train kept up that s]ioed they would be homo before Lime. She had no sooner spoken than there came a sudden jerking and she was filing across the compartment. She managed to escape through a window. Slit* saw the back of the train hurst into flames. Olliers state that the speed of the train when it was wrecked was l'ortv miles an hour. A train following was pu led up close to the wreck. —A. aiul X.Z.C.A.