RAILWAY COLLISIONS.
MANY DEATHS. 1 V TELEGRAPH—PBEBS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.' Brussels, May 21. A railway collision occurred near Antwerp. . • Twenty-six dead Vere. extricated, : and othere • ire pinned down by tho wreckage. ' CASUALTY LIST. \ ■■ ■■ THE SIGNALMAN FLEES. ' (Rec. May 22, 9 p.m.) Brussels, May 22. . Details of the Antwerp collision show that Ae victims were mutilated, and 'crushed in* a • ghastly manner,' sevorai'boing decapitated. .The -signalman fled. . Tho casualty; list is . . ptated.to.'bo.as under:— i. -- . Killed ... ... ... • ... 40 : Injured ... ... ... go BRAYBROOK DISASTER. : BRAKES BAD, BUT NOT INEFFECTIVE. (Ike. May 22, 9.55 p.m.) Melbourne, May 22. • , , At the inquest on the Braybrook disaster (in which tho Bendigo train crashed.into the Ballarat train), Mr. Bayley, consulting engineer, gave evidence that the brakes on the < Beodigo , train were the most inferior ho'had' ever seen on a Yictorian main line passenger 'train. .Despite this, the brakes were sufficient to have stopped the train beforo tho ... accident.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 205, 23 May 1908, Page 5
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