RAILWAY DISASTER.
A SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 4, 1.10 a.m. New York, September 3. At Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, four railwaymen were killed. A passenger train plunged into the river owing to a bridge being destroyed by the floods. Twentysix passengers were seriously injured. The smoking-car was carried down stream, the panic-stricken occupants striving to escape by the windows. The other cars remained on the tracks. Passengers attired in their nightclothes struggled wildly to leave their berths, fearing that the cars would follow the others riverwards. The train had previously passed the bridge safely and was ordered to return to Camp Douglas to await repairs to the line, which was damaged by a wash-out further on. At the second crossing the bridge collapsed bodily.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 92, 4 September 1912, Page 5
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125RAILWAY DISASTER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 92, 4 September 1912, Page 5
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