TRAINS COLLIDE.
DISASTER NEAR PARIS. FIRE IN A TUNNEL. RESCUE DELAYED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 6, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Oct. 5. Two local trains collided in the Batignolles tunnel, near Paris. Fifteen persons are known to be killed and more than a hundred were injured. Gas reservoirs beneath the carriages exploded, causing the coaches to take fire, and the tunnel became an inferno, being filled with smoke and flames. It ‘is believed there are many more dead beneath the burning debris. Firemen made frantic attempts to reach the injured. They were afraid to pump water into the blazing tunnel lest they should drown the maimed victims, and for more than an hour they could only leave the fire to burn itself out. Masks were ultimately secured, enabling firemen to enter the tunnel and extinguish the flames. The disaster was caused by the first train being held up by a broken coupling, and the second train following ran into it. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Oct. 6, 7.30 p.m. Paris, Oct. 5.
.Seventy-five injured have been recovered. Many are missing. There were more than 500 passengers on the trains, principally workers proceeding to their homes.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1921, Page 5
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