Manchester Rail Crash Hurts 44
fN.ZJ»ji.-Reuter— Copyright) LONDON. Jwuary 18. Forty-four persons were injured, and 42 of them taken to hospital, when a train crashed into railway buffers in Manchester today. The crash occurred at Oxford Road Station, Manchester. when a crowded electric train rammed into platform buffers, hurling many passengers from their seats Most of the injured were cut by flying window glass. A railway spokesman said it was believed the accident was caused by rails made flremy by snow and slush.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30034, 19 January 1963, Page 5
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