RAILWAY TRAGEDY
CABLE NEWS
(United Press Association—By Meciric Telegraph — Copyright.)
TRAIN HURLED OVER EMBANKMENT
THIRTY-FOUR KILLED; FIFTY
INJURED
(Received July 5, 11.30 a.m.)
I t NEW YORK, July 4. Thirty-four passengers were killed and fifty injured in an express train, which collided with the rear of a westhound Lackwanna passenger train near the village of Corning. All the rear cars wero telescoped and hurled over an embankment. Most of the passengers killed were going home to spend the Fourth of July holiday. The accident occurred on a straight stretch of track. The cause is not known. An enormous crowd of automobilists drawn by curiosity, obstructed the rescue operations, and tho police were obliged to drive them from the neighbourhood.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 6 July 1912, Page 5
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119RAILWAY TRAGEDY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 6 July 1912, Page 5
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