TRAIN WRECK.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18461, 15 August 1925, Page 13

TRAIN WRECK.

DISASTER AT AMIENS. NINE KILLED, MANY INJURED. FIANCE'S UNENVIABLE RECORD. (Bl CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (A-J3TBALUN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) PARIS, August 13. \ passenger train from Paris ran oft rails when entering Amiens station. Many coaches overturned, burying ' the victims in debris. One car caught tire. It is known that ten people are dead, 1,,,t tho death-roll may be jrreater as rescue parties are still searching. It is believed, that a number of Eng- ' ]ish tourists were aboard. During 19--J over people have ■ been killed, and 150 injured, in train •nrecks. The disasters are. attributed to inferior rolling stock. NO BRITISHERS KILLED. THREE REPORTED INJURED. if AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) % (Received August 14th, 7.15 p.m.) PARIS, August 13. There aro no Britishers among those ■ ' killed at Amiens, but three were injured. : terrible confusion. INJURED AND DEAD IN DEBRIS. SMASH DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) (Received August 15th, 12.5 a.m.) - - ' LONDON", August 14. * The latest details of the Amiens railway smash show that nine were killed and 160 injured, of which number 71 are in a serious condition. Three are not expected to survive. It appears that the driver of the ''.l wrecked train entered the station at 56 jv»Hes an hour instead of the usual 26, which the brakes were too suddenly applied. .? . Heartrending cries emerged from the smashed timber and tangled ironwork, whence mangled corpses were extricated. The horror of the scene increased - when three coaches caught fire. Tho , , outbreak was extinguished, thanks to the splendid work of the Fire Brigade.