TRAIN DISASTER.
A TRUCK DEIRIAILED
PLUNGES TRAIN INTO ABYSS.
SE^TilßiAl. KILLED.
INJURED SUFFER TERRIBLE
TORTURfIB.
(Per United Press Association.)
CAPETOWN 1, April 24,
A train accident was caused 50 yards from Bla-auwkrautz bridge, through a truck ibecoining derailed, and plunging into an abyss, dragging tho remainder of the train after it.
Some of tha kilUd and wounded were caught on. a ledge 120 ft down. It tcok six hours to reach them. The injured suffered terrible torturca.
A little arirl irausrht her foot in the
fork of the bridge, and was hung! head downwards.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10350, 25 April 1911, Page 2
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94TRAIN DISASTER. Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10350, 25 April 1911, Page 2
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