TRAIN SMASH
(Press. Assn
horrifying scenes when birmingham express leaves rails
. — By Telegraph — Copyrlght).
Rec. June 19, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, .Saturday. Three were killed and 2 injured by the derailing of the Birmingham Exprhss late to-night, a' few miles horth of Stafford. The engine had just'croSsed the points to reach the fast ling, when it left the track and was almost buried in an - embankment. The first cab was wrecked, the second telescoped and the third and fourth were crushed in the sides. The groans of the injured were agonising. One woman's leg was amputated beside the railway.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 255, 20 June 1932, Page 5
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