ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS. THE TUNNEL TRAGEDY.
NINE PASSENGERS KILLED
(Per Press Association —Copyright)
(Received December 17, 9.5 a.m.)
BERLIN, December 16. The train which vas buried in the Harrasfelsen Tuuneli at Braunsdorf was running at a high speed, and the driver did not notice the debris. The engine mounted upwards, and struck the top I of the tunnel, and masses of masonry collapsed. Six coaches were telescoped, and a panic among the passengers followed in the darkness. Several were trampled to death when attempting to burrow their way out oi the debris. Nine of the passengers are dead, being fearfully mutilated, and 15 are dangerously injured. .'
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8743, 17 December 1913, Page 4
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