RAILWAY COLLISIONS.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
Ottawa, Jan. 9
Two Canadian Pacific trains crashed into each other in a headon collision at Terrebonne, Quebec, when going at full speed. Both t'ains were crowded with passengers attending the special Epiphany services. Thirty-seven are reported dead, but it is impossible at present to ascertain the actual number.
Many bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. New York, Jan. 9.
A Rock Island passenger train has been wrecked by a collision with a freight train at Platt river.
The number of victims is unknown.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1092, 11 January 1912, Page 3
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91RAILWAY COLLISIONS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1092, 11 January 1912, Page 3
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