TRAINS COLLIDE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 155, 12 April 1928, Page 5

TRAINS COLLIDE

FOURTEEN LIVES LOST. MANY SERIOUSLY INJURED. DISASTER IN FRANCE. Suited Press Association— Copyright). (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) V PARIS, April 11. Fourteen were killed or died of injuries and many were seriously injured in a collision between a tram to Amiens with a local ton outside the Garedu Nord. , , The leading coaches were telescoped and splintered- Another was upended and rested on the huttress of a bridge. The firemen and rescuers are making efforts to release the injured.—Australian Press Association. SIXTEEN KILLED, 35 HURT. CRASH HEARD A MILE AWAY. (Received This Day, 1.25 p.m.) ~ PARIS, April 11The latest reports state that 16 were killed and "35 injured, critically, when the. collision occurred just outside Gare du Nord. There were no British among the casualties. ' The express for Amiens had just left the station and was gathering speed when a local train was switched over on to the same line and the two met in a head-on collision at a speed of 25 miles an hour. The crash was heard a mile away, throwing the crowds on the station into immediate panic. People rushed Mther and thither endeavouring to reach the scene, while the screams of those injured in the collision rose above the noise of escaping steam •. The officials vainly endeavoured to restore order but soon the wildly excited crowd was augmented by those running from the streets to investigate. ? . The news spread throughout Paris and thousands raced to the station in the endeavour to learn details*. The majority aboard the local train ■were city workers returning from luncheon at their suburban homes.—

Australian Press Association. DIFFICULT RESCUE WORK. {Received This Day, 1.30 a.m.) • ; . PARIS,, April 11. The work of rescue is most difficult in drizzling rairil The coaches embedded one another, with the sides ripped out. The engines ■were raised on end, forming a triangle with the track. ' i A- number of passengers were hurt through jumping wildly from the train <m the first impact.—Australian Press Association.. . ' .;. AMIENS DRIVER ARRESTED. ... '4 ■ SIGNALMAN ALSO TO BLAME. ' {Received This Day, 12.40 p.m.) • PARTS, April 11. The driver of the Amiens train has been arrested for passing the danger signal, but it is alleged that the signalman was partly to blame for placing J.he train on the wrong track.—Australian Press Association.