THE PONTOISE DISASTER.
TRIIX FULL OF PLEASTJRE-
SEEKERS
A BROKEN SIGNAL WIRE
Paris, May 20
Tbp. Pontoiso trdin was crowded tvfth people' In evdning dress, ‘ ’going to the casino at Ihighein, including a wedding party, who were singing. The bride, whose husband was decapitated, had both legs’tut off. The Creil express, while passing the Pontoise train, suddenly switched on the other line, and demolished three cars. Nearly, all |,he passengers wore seriously injured. The passengers threatened to lynch i the Creil driver, who ran for his life. The two guards who were unliu rt ran along the lines and prevented ■-other trains prashing into the wreckage.
The Northern Company state that the accident was due to the breaking of a wire connecting the signal station switch.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 20, 21 May 1912, Page 5
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126THE PONTOISE DISASTER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 20, 21 May 1912, Page 5
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