BRIGHTON EXPRESS ACCIDENT
SEVEN PASSENGERS KILLED. (By Cable.—Press Association.—copyright) LONDON, January 31. Seven of the passengers on the Brighton express, which met with an accident yesterday at Croydon station, owing to the breaking of a coupling, were killed instantly. One coach jumped into the air and ascended a slope on the down platform, destroying a signal post, a large crane, and 20ft of paling between the platform and the main line, then turned a somersault on to the permanent way. Twenty passengers were injured. The railway officials and the uninjured passengers made heroic efforts to succour the injured. There was no panic. CAUSE UNKNOWN. BOY SCOUTS RENDEK HELP. (Received 5.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 31. The cause of the accident is a mystery. The express was crossing the points at the time the coupling broke, and the coach was derailed. One of the theories advanced is that, the points were suddenly diverted owing to the coach which met with the accident being much lighter than those that preceded and followed it. A number of Boy Scouts were among the first to render efficient help. The sufferers, with one or two exceptions, are progressing favourably.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 27, 1 February 1910, Page 5
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