RAILWAY SMASH
NINE KILLED, 50 INJURED ENGINE HITS BARROW (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Oct. 14, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON. Oct. 13 Nine people were killed and over 50 injured in the London train smash. Air raid workers helped the railway staffs when an express was derailed after hitting a luggage barrow (not a barrel, as stated in a previous message), which ran down the platform ramp and fell on the track, where the engine collided with it and overturned. The driver and fireman were killed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21243, 14 October 1940, Page 8
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86RAILWAY SMASH Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21243, 14 October 1940, Page 8
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