RAILWAY SMASH
two trains Collide
OUTSIDE ST. ENOCH'S
FIVE DEAD, FORTY INJURED
BREAK IN THE YEAR'S RECORD
. (British. Official Wireless.) (Received September;B, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, September 7. The first, fatal accident involving passengers on British railways this year occurred «last night : when two London, Midland, arid Scottish passenger trains collided outside St. Enoch's Station, Glasgow, as the result of which, one male passenger and an engine-driver were killed and two women passengers, and one fireman died this morning from injuries j received in the accident. Forty people were reported injured., none serious,iy.::•■;/ '■,;■;■-,•::.'.:,■' , • ' The cause of the accident is the subject of an official inquiry today, but it is believed that at the network of rails one of the trains jumped the points, colliding with a train approaching from the opposite direction. Both' engines' were derailed and five coaches damaged. Doctors and ambulance men were promptly on the scene and the passengers were quickly extricated from the damaged coaches and removed to hospitals.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 60, 8 September 1934, Page 9
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162RAILWAY SMASH Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 60, 8 September 1934, Page 9
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