IBM KILLED IN U.S. TRAIN DISASTER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 190, 14 August 1939, Page 7

IBM KILLED IN U.S. TRAIN DISASTER.

FAMOUS EXPRESS.

Angle Bar Removal Causes Plunge Into River.

14 COACHES HURTLED 30 FEET

liiiK',! Priss Assui-iatiiiii. — Cuiiyrlght.

I lieceived U :iu a.111.) > A\ 1 ll.Wt Ist i), August 1.'5. The crack streanililif'l e\|.re«-, ( ' 11 y of San Francisco, •was derailed 111 Nevada .Mountains. Thirt\ pa-.-eng.us were killed and .".0 injured. Tin.--- -.'riiiii-lv injured include M,n. L. Viola I ••nihil "l Au-tialia, who .-ustailied .1 i'i "ken hack and leg. The n. i i.lent occurred on a bridge, .and U carnages plunged ail teet into the river. It. wis at fir.-1 belie* I'll that a rock hud fallen lioui the l an\.iu wall, but an engii later found thai the angle bar had been rcm.ncd from the track, causing: the rails to spread. 'I he t 11 \ in Sin I' r.i iicisc. i is i.in 11-car Dl.'srl-t'.iu CI 1.1 ! i .1111 .1(111- bctuccn Sail I' 1.1 11. Is' " Old ( HI. ,1... nil -lll.lllschedule. . 11. |■ i i.Mm.itch 1:1 limns less tli.in the tunc |' c\ i.hi-i.\ lahcii In I, i 1 cxpnssc- t nhkc Ihe liisl Klre.online,l train- n i ins .. 11 -1.111 ■1. 11 I \\ nlt.li i.nU. It lltni.ill* i i.'isists nt l*\\ ■ ■ |iimcr units aud nine le\ . 1 n lie . .lis. I.- ,'l-lt't loiij; allil wi'uliK 50'J tons. The |Ms-- c1Igei1gei can.wing capacity is 170.

FAILURE OF BRAKES.

Fifteen Killed In Rumanian Derailment. TWO COACHES WRECKED. ißpcolvtMl 11!..'10 p.m.) 11l (TIAHKST. August 13. Fifteen people were killed and 43 injured by I lie derailment >>t tun |msender carriages at I'etrouiu, .>0 miles from Bucharest, owing to lailure of brakes.