FRENCH RAILWAY SMASH
MANY PERSONS KILLED BRAKES FAIL ON SLOPE By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Thursday. Eighteen persons were killed and 70 injured by the derailment of a train descending the mountain railway from Mer-de-Glace, Mont Blanc. The train consisted of an engine and a carriage containing a large number of tourists. It was descending a steep rack-and-pinion railway to Chamounix, the world-famous line patronised by thousands of tourists, when it was derailed. The occupants were precipitated 50 feet into a ravine. Many Dutch tourists were on the train, and it is believed three English people were inured. Failure of the brakes was the cause of the accident. Bodies of children have been found among the wreckage. Some bodies could not be identified, so badly were they mutilated. The alertness of a passenger who seized the brakes and brought the remaining coaches to a standstill on the edge of a precipice prevented a worse disaster. The rescuers were lowered into the valley by ropes.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 134, 27 August 1927, Page 9
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