SORROW IN FRANCE
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GLOOM ON GHRISTMAS » ' • i t . | TjEN TNOUSAND HOMES STRIKEN BY LAGNEY DISASTER RESCUE WQRK PR.QQEKQING
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,s' (Rec. 8.5 p.m.) Paris, Dec. 26. Christmas was oveirshad'awed hy the horror of the Lagny disaster which plunged 10,000 homes into mourning. A number of bodies- were so cut to pieces that they are not only unidentifiahle but it is difficult to be sure rwhether the remains are those of ione or twp bodies. Searchers are still bringing the dpad into tbe Chapel Ardent pt Gare $e Besjt where nuns are hol;ding Yi^iJ thlroughout tbe day, whilp a stream pf disttracted relatiy.es is filing past pn the chance of idepfifying Jhe bodies. Th.e death roll is now 22.Q. The injured number 300, The funeral js being arrangej to be held a't M.otre on Wednesday. The eoffins xyilj j)e horne thr.qugh the streets. Though the driver and the fireman haye h.een arrested the authorities are quite unable at present to iix the r,esponsibiljty. Experts agree that had ! the coaches been niade of steel instead of v/ood the casualties would have been small.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 724, 27 December 1933, Page 5
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185SORROW IN FRANCE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 724, 27 December 1933, Page 5
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