TRAIN DERAILED IN BRITAIN
LONDON LIVERPOOL . EXPRESS
FIVE PERSONS DEAD; 29 INJURED
(Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, July 21. The London-Liverpool express was derailed at Grendon, between Nuneaton and Tamworth. Five dead and 29 injured have been recovered. It is believed that others are still trapped in the coaches, nine of which are on their side. The train, which was crowded with holidaymakers was derailed on r bend in a cutting while travelling at a high speed. The first coach was wrecked and 14 of the 16 coaches were derailed. The driver and fireman escaped injury, though the engine fell on its side.
Fire brigades and ambulances were rushed from surrounding towns. Firemen, using axes, hacked away at the coachwork to get at the injured passengers. Doctors and rescue workers used linen and tablecloths from the kitchen of the train’s restaurant to bandage wounds. Ten merchant navy men, who were due to sail from Liverpool for their homes in Australia and New Zealand, were among the 1000 passengers on the train, but there is no indication that they were among the casualties. The normal running speed at the Slace of the crash is between 50 and ) miles an hour.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25243, 23 July 1947, Page 7
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