FIVE KILLED
RAILWAY DISASTER
SMASH NEAR LONDON"
ELECTRIC AND STEAM TRAINS
CORRIDOR RIPPED OPEN
(ISiilisli Official Wireless. I (Received May 26, 1 p.m.) RUGBY, May 25. Five people were killed this after* noon in an accident on the Southern Railway when an electric train from Waterloo Station to Alton was derailed between , Wimbledon and Raynes Park, and came in contact with the Southampton steam express. The steam express was travelling on the up line. Both the down' lino and the up line were temporarily blocked. Two other passehgers received serious injuries, and several others minor injuries. Two women and two boys were killed. The death-roll would have been greater but for the corridor side of the express being that which, ripped the sides of the other train's leading three coaches. Ambulances and police vans were rushed to the scene, and the rescuers, with improvised stretchers of carriage cushions and timber, extricated and treated the injured on the em-| bankment; where three died. There was little confusion, despite the cries of anguish. ,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330526.2.66
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Issue 122, 26 May 1933, Page 7
Word Count
171FIVE KILLED Evening Post, Issue 122, 26 May 1933, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in