TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGKAPII.—COPYRIGHT.)
London, Juno 13, A tgrkible. railway accident is reported from County Armagh, Ireland, where two excursion trains, laden with twelve hundred Methodist Sunday - school children, collided. One of the trains was divided, and whilst ascending an incline the fore part, consisting of the engine and several carriages ran back into the remaining carriages of the train.
It is estimated that about 100 children were killed, and another 100 injured.
In consequence of the fatal railway accident in Armagh, four officials including the driver, fireman and guard of the excursion train have been arrested for neglect.
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Waikato Times, Volume 2641, Issue 2641, 15 June 1889, Page 2
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100TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. Waikato Times, Volume 2641, Issue 2641, 15 June 1889, Page 2
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