RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2971, 30 July 1891, Page 2

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. (IIV ELECTHIO TKLKGKAI'H—COrYMUIIT). Paws, July 'J7. Ax excursion anil a goods Iniin eamo into collision :it St. Maude, near Pari". The Ciirriagos caught iire, and a frightful scenu oiisurcl. Sixty people were killed ouf right in tho collision. Several others, who were unable to extricate themselves from Hie ruins, were- caught by tlio tlames and burned to death. J! any charred remains, quit.fi unrecognisable, have been recovered from tbe debris. A few of those who were on the train were drowned by being thrown iuto the river. July 28. Further d< , (nils of (he railway accident at St. ilaude show that the tirst train was. delayed and Ihe second dashed into it at full speed. The St. Maude station was crowded with excursionists and tile accident took phico in their full view. They had to look at the frightful holocaust powerless to as* sist. Twenty calcined bodies have been recovered from the ruins. It is stated that the officials at Vincennes hail been warned by danger signals that tbe lino was blocked ; but it is alleged the wen; wickedly chnnged, and the Westiughouse brake tubing of thu train had been tampered with. The driver alleges that the rales are habitually violated on Sunday nights.