FATAL RAILWAY SMASH
TERRIBLE TORTURE OF THE WOUNDED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 24, 9.20 p.m. Capetown, April 24. The train acident cabled yesterday wa» caused through a truck becoming derailed fifty yard* from the Blaauwkrantz bridge and plunging into the abyss, dragging the remainder of the train after it. Some of the killed and wounded were caught on a ledge 120 ft down, and it took six hours to reach them. The injured suffered terrible tortures. A little girl was caught by the foot in a fork of the bridge, and hung head downwards.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 285, 25 April 1911, Page 5
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94FATAL RAILWAY SMASH Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 285, 25 April 1911, Page 5
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