An Underground Tragedy.

Manawatu Herald, 15 August 1903, Page 3

An Underground Tragedy.

TERRIBLE SCBKM& A-PARIS 'KOM4BOSIM. H ■ -\mw, A electric locomotive near Menilmontant, on the -s underground -railway, and ignited-The carriages of a train."Then three other trains--ran into the conflagration, and the tunnel became choked w|th,«noka, . A bundled [dpat|]ys resulted, most of the vic)^(ki^,iwhyxiated. There were heartrending scenes when wnMogM to, XH xnorgne tor identification. FRIG-ETEHL n CONFUSION - ONTHE :*<.« Seventy-three bodies, mostly of persons belonging to .the working classes, have been in the train.' There are tnsny-'ffes quite black. Some tiTpain. Numeropgi'lpJb^ages/01-'syriipalliyi have been received, including one from King EftfM 5 i t: l 4 d ! >Vt W The funerals will be at the city’s wpMffbnoft .a .raKTAU The^oifoge.,presents.. a.niasa-of twiate&jftojK,; Jtnelied; window-panes- ’ and - wires. f Fartisians are indignant...at- -the neglect of the officials in merely extinginMing'iUie* Original'-fire with' band grenades and transferring the' passengers to a train standing near. They ■■were.swtflflg'Hhe" tMji ' when avfurther- 1 breakdown* ocdtirfed' while -pa*kiil^ il tbiQ' ’ first ’ tf^ih. ’ ‘ The 1 passengers meanwhile were traps-’ ferred. to a third train, containing #SO ‘ ThS^B^ftralftW' i’hlbng tb-gatherj-SoMly* cothihg tb a stapdstilT at Couronnes station I ,'“which! is between Belleville iWij 1 the EkMil'e.'! /".* As Y *aS 'guard , urged the passengers to'' mdke their escape. danger and to. act.on .thp, "‘T 18 ; ment of their fares, and assaulted the guard the,way,of,the) occupants , During the dispute the electric light failed. The majority v-pf,.the, bodies were--found on platform. saved by their presence of Wad. * Knowing by the light being out that the, electric current had been out, they* walked along the rails to *> A fresh BimlfarTpre occurred on. another pwe^of* night,’’ but was extinguished.