Awful Catastrophe.
EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED. Ottowa, April 29. ATEBRTBLE railway accident is reported as having occurred at Hamilton, situated at the western extremity of Lake Ontario. The latest news to hand respecting the occurrence states that an excursion train was thrown off the line. The carriages were telescoped, and almost immediately flames broke out in the wrecked train. An awful scene ensued in consequence of the great number of excursionists travelling by the train. Many were killed and burned. No fewer than eighteen bodies, each burnt almost to a cinder, have been recovered. Twelve passengers sustained severe injuries.
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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 102, 1 May 1889, Page 3
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