RAILWAY HORROR

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2, 3 September 1913, Page 5

RAILWAY HORROR

s’M WILDS OF YORKSHIRE.

15 KILLED, 25 INJURED,

DOME DREADFUL EXPERIENCES

ROASTED TO DEATH. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [Uniter Press Association.] (Received 8.5 a.m.) London. September 2. The midland express crashed into a stationary express at Aisgil!. Yorkshire.

Several carriages were telescoped and others overturned. One train ignited and there were terrible scenes. Some of the passengers were roasted to death. Fifteen were killed, including the driver .and fireman and 25 were injured, including Sir Arthur Douglas, whose condition was so serious that he was removed to the hospital. COLLISION IN THE PITCH DARKNESS, PINNED BENEATH WRECKAGE. FLAMES BEAT BACK RESCUERS. (Received 9 a.m.) London, September 2. The Glasgow express stopped at 3 o’clock in the morning for want of &tearn near the top of the Aisgill summit iu pitch darkness. The Aberdeen express at full seped dashed into the rear with terrific force. The engine penetrated the end of one carriage and smashed several others. Indescribable scenes followed. Wild screams came from many persons pinned beneath the wreckage. Rescuers were unable to extricate them on account of the wreckage catching fire, which blazed furiously, lighting up the darkness and driving back the workens. Several were burned to death, including two children whose mother was also seriously injured.

SIR ARTHUR DOUGLAS IN A CRITICAL STATE.

Sir Arthur Douglas, a retired New Zealander, who was- imprisoned in the burning carriage, had a terrible' experience. He was badly burned, and is in a critical state. Many other suffered from burns and were injured in other ways, a number seriously.

heartrending scenes. One woman’s hands were cut off. The uninjured passengers joined in the rescue work. Some recognised relatives among the killed and injured. Oiie lady was horrified at the discovery of her dead husband. The rescuers saw a hand amidst the flames frantically, but vainly, beckoning for help. Thirteen bodies, mostly adults, including one woman, were recovered, but were unrecognisable.

THE FORTUNATE ENGINEMEN The driver ' and fireman had a wonderful escape. .Many were acJoep at the time, and

'some narrow and exciting escapes were recorded. One • passenger who had been in the burned carriage changed at Carlisle into another.

DEFIED THE SIGNALS. ACCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR SCENE OF 1910 DISASTER. (Received 9.20 a.m.) London, September 2. It is stated that the driver of the Aberdeen express, finding the engine not running well at Mallerstang, went to the forepart of the engine to oil thi> workings, leaving t!i/e fireman in charge. Sutherland, the signalman at the Mallerstang box, declares that his signals were dead against the Aberdeen train, and he was astounded when it tore past the box. but he was helpless to prevent it. Shortly after he heard a collision which he thought was about three miles away.

The disaster happened near the scene of the Hawe’s junction accident in 1910, one of the most inaeessihle and lofty spots in England.