RAILWAY SMASHES.
I'liEXCll TRAINS COLLIDE. By Gible—Press Assoeiatioii-tt'opyriglii Beceived 23, 5.5 p.m. Paris, .limitary 24. Owing to frost interfering with the signals, Dm Paris-London express, crowded with English passengers, collided with a goods train. The impact drove a large cliest, padlocked on the floor of a truck, through a lirst-eluss corridor carriage into a sleeping ear adjoining, killing the attendant. The cars partially toppled and struck a bridge, bringing the train to a standstill. There were many narrow escapes. ' Two ladies ami a girl were taken from the wreckage not seriously injured. ] Three laden coal trucks at Itcanvais broke their couplings and dashed into a passenger train. The guard and a passenger wcro killed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 26 January 1914, Page 5
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114RAILWAY SMASHES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 26 January 1914, Page 5
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