TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 599, 3 September 1913, Page 5

TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

EXPUKSS TRAINS COLLIDE. I'ASSL'NGEfiS ROASTED TO DEATH. i', ; . •[<■), :,-.i i>li. I'i'CH-. Association.—Uoiiyrilfllt I Received this day, 9 a.m. j London, Tuesday. I The Midland express crashed into a ! station ry express at Aisgill, Yorkshirr. Several carriages telescoped and others were overturned. One train ignited and there were ! terrible scenes Some of the passengers were roasted to death, lift eon bring killed, includin.u the- driver and lireman. Twi'iitv-fivo wet" injured, including Sir Arthur ilourlas. whose condition is scrhuis. IJo wa:-! removed to a hospital. DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT. HARROWING SCENES. London, Tuesday. The Glasgow express stopped at 3 in the morn in;.: for want of steam near the fop of Aiff-ill Summit. In pitch darkness the Aberdeen oxnress at full speed dashed into the rear of the stationary train with terrific force. The cm;ieo penetrated one carriage and smashed several others. j An indescribable scene followed. Wild screams came, from many persons ; ,inure beneath the wreckage. I The reseiicrp were unable to extricate uieni on account of the wreckage catchim: Hre. It blazed furiously, jir.iniiur up the darkness and driving b'sck the worker?. Several were burned to death, inclndine two children, whose mothers were'r.lso seriously injured. Sii-Aitlnn Douglas, a retired Now Zoahmdcr, who w;h imprisoned in a huniina eerrmee. 'tad a terrible experience. H? wan badly burned, and is ;n a critical state. Many others sutl'ered from burnß, and „(■!(' injure'.', mother ways, a number seriously. One woman':! hands were cutoff. The uninjured passengers joined ir the ra-cvr work. Some recogniflec relatives nmom: the killed and injured One lady was horrified at discover i inc her dead husband, j The rescuers, saw a hand amidsl j Hie mums' frantically, but Vainly | beckoning U-<r help. I Thirteen bodim. mostly adults, in I elobim: one. woman were recovered ' [-lit won- unreeocn.sable. The driver and fireman had a won derful escape. Many were- asleep at the time am seme r.snow ami exciting escape were recorded. One passmmrs' who had been in . ~., •, , ,■;.,..,■ , hiun-od at CarlVHl