CABLE-CAR CRASH.—Some of the wreckage of a cable-car which crashed after the brakes failed allowing it to career backwards to its base at Betten, Switzerland. The accident happened during high winds on the Betten-Bettmaralp slope which rises 5000ft in the Valais, near Zermatt. Thirteen persons died when the car hurtled at 60 miles an hour into the station.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32975, 22 July 1972, Page 13
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58CABLE-CAR CRASH.—Some of the wreckage of a cable-car which crashed after the brakes failed allowing it to career backwards to its base at Betten, Switzerland. The accident happened during high winds on the Betten-Bettmaralp slope which rises 5000ft in the Valais, near Zermatt. Thirteen persons died when the car hurtled at 60 miles an hour into the station. Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32975, 22 July 1972, Page 13
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