ENGLISH RAILWAY DISASTERS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 7

ENGLISH RAILWAY DISASTERS.

A FEARFUL, USX OF YICTIMS. ' RILLED,' 21; INJURED, • 7L AMERICAN FIGURES-A COMPARISON. 81 TELEQEArn—miss association —copntiGHT. ; London, October 15. Two : ' serious railways 1 accidonts aro re-ported,-aggregating a largo number of casual- • ties in killed and wounded. ' . Tho .first, accident occurred at Shrewsbury, Shropshire,. 163 miles from London. A London ,and North-Westprn Company's oxpress was running -betweon tho places named, when, at.a sharp curve, it.Was derailed. Tho. train, .which, was,,carrying mails (tho rolling-stock, being mainly, the . property of the Great Western Railway Company), was not travelling ,at an excessive speed, at ijhfl timo, of /the accident. It is said .-tho driver of ihe ill-fated oxpress ovorshot the signals Tho derailment occurred on a viaduct. It was 2 o'clock'iir tho morning, and there wsjs total darkness,' while *a 1 torrent' of rain was ' falling. ■"/ '• ■' " ' The engine was overturned, and the corridor carriages heaped upon the locomotive in i a great'.pilo. Apportion of tho wreckage became ignitedi adding' to the horrors of tho disaster. The screams of the wounded aroused from • their, sleep /pdrsous .dwelling below the; viaduct, and relief partios wero soon on the scene. Rescue work 1 proved vary difficult, however. ! ;As "for as' can 1 be ascertained, the casualty list is as follows: — . : . Killed ... ■ ... 16 ; Injured ■... ... ... 20 Tho killed included three letter-sorters tra jelling with tho mails and the guard of the train. The majority of those killed or injured were residents of Wales. , , The r 'second''accident consisted of tho de-' railing of an electric trail; at Sowerby Bridge*, a manufacturing town in the' West Riding of •Yorkshire.' • It smashed into a house, causing the following . . Killed ... 1 ... ... ... 2 Badly injured ... ... 31