THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN RUSSIA.
St,'. Petersburg, November 1. Fnrther ' particulars of : the railway accident iu' Southern : Russia show that, the train was travelling at express speed: when the mishap occurred. : The'dining saloon was wrecked and the sides crushed in, but the roof of the car tilting beneath one of the sides shielded the occupants from injury.' The Imperial family was at breakfast at the lime. Several of the.. suite were killed on other parts of: the train. The catastrophe is at present believed to be accidental, but there is a lurking suspicion' that Nihilists are at the bottom of it.
Following upon the derailing of the train conveying the Imperiar family, ff number of arrests were < made on j suspicion of Nihilism; Among'those apprehended were the special correspondents of the London" Times arid Standard. These' gentlemen were sent' eßcortto but succeeded iri ; proving their identitjrj and were subsequently- released. '••' ' : ' '; :i ■-'■; '*' ! ' : " ,;; '; , "' j.. ■;; '' • November |3. ;l One 6| the'servants who was handing tbe'Caar » J <snp of coffee.'rit 1 the;time of th'eVccra«Jut sl 4»«sikillel 'ihsfintaneously by the side of the 1 csr failing on him. The accident was caused by a defect -inthe construction of the line., ■
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1812, 6 November 1888, Page 1
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195THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN RUSSIA. Temuka Leader, Issue 1812, 6 November 1888, Page 1
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