THE AISGILL COLLISION.
THE LATE SIR A. DOUGLAS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) [United Press Association. 1 London, September 10. As a result of the Aisgill disaster, many railway engineers favor a third man being placed on the engine. They point out that drivers’ and firemen’s work has become more and more onerous and enacting.
A rescuer states that lie and others were attempting, to liberate Sir A. Douglas from the burning carirage but were driven hack by the intense heat. Sir A. Douglas’ legs w;ere buried in the debris. Subsequently the- wo id work burned away partly thus libera ting him. The reseller’s arm wa burnt in ertricating him.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 11 September 1913, Page 5
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108THE AISGILL COLLISION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 11 September 1913, Page 5
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