REMARKABLE ACCIDENT
CARRIAGES RIPPED OPEN CURIOUS PASSENGERS MEET DEATH UNUSUAL RAILWAY SMASH Bv Tolegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 21, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 20. The York-Sheffield express was passing a slow-moving goods train at 45 miies an hour when a coal wagon attached to the goods train was derailed, and tore open the sides of the last three express coaches. The passengors were carried along with the debris for some distance before the express came to a halt. It transpires that some passengers, hearing the terrific crash, put their heads out of the windows, and were instantly killed. The sides of three carriages were completely ripped out. The scene was one of the utmost confusion for some minutes, but passengers from the front portion of the train speedily extricated the dead and injured*
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12610, 22 November 1926, Page 7
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137REMARKABLE ACCIDENT New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12610, 22 November 1926, Page 7
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