THIRTY-THREE DIED HERE.—A general vien> of the scene of the Week of the Lake Shore Limited New York-Chicago express, which nfas derailed while speeding round a curve near Little Falls, New York. The powerful locomotive crashed into a rock wall and exploded, trapping dead and injured in telescoped carriages, from which they were released with acetylene torches. Besides the thirty-three passengers k'-Ued, fifty Were seriously injured and a score of others suffered minor injuries.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 127, 30 May 1940, Page 5
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74THIRTY-THREE DIED HERE.—A general vien> of the scene of the Week of the Lake Shore Limited New York-Chicago express, which nfas derailed while speeding round a curve near Little Falls, New York. The powerful locomotive crashed into a rock wall and exploded, trapping dead and injured in telescoped carriages, from which they were released with acetylene torches. Besides the thirty-three passengers k'-Ued, fifty Were seriously injured and a score of others suffered minor injuries. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 127, 30 May 1940, Page 5
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