BURNED TO DEATH.
Holiday-Makers Trapped In Blazing Coach. RETURNING FROM BLACKPOOL. (Beceived 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 6. Twelve holiday-makers were trapped and burned to death and others seriously injured when a coach returning from Blackpool collided with a lorry trailer and caught fire, near Rugeley. A number of passengers escaped by the emergency exit. The rescuers were unable to approach the others.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 186, 7 August 1940, Page 7
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