A RAILWAY CATASTROPHE.
CABLES.
AN EXPRESS FALLS INTO THE HUDSON RIVER. TWENTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST. (Per Press Association.—Copyriyht.) New York, Oct. 25. An express train from Buffalo to New York fell into the Hudson river. The corridor cars floated, and axes were procured by which the roofs of a number of the cars were hewn through, allowing the passengers to escape. Twenty-eight inmates of the other carriages were drowned. Later. Two of the cars which fell into the Hudson river from the Buffalo express lodged in water 50ft deep. Seven women were rescued severely injured. Lord Douglas, of Hawick, son and heir of the Marquis of Queensberry, who was amongst the passengers had a narrow escape.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 460, 26 October 1897, Page 3
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115A RAILWAY CATASTROPHE. Hastings Standard, Issue 460, 26 October 1897, Page 3
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