RAILWAY ACCIDENT
NINE NEW ZEALANDERS KILLED. [Australian and N.Z. Cable Association,} Received this day at 1-45 a-m. LONDON, Sept. 25. While a. train containing - New Zealanders was standing- on an up-line at Beerferrers some left their carriages and crossed the line. A passing- express train caught and killed nine. ROW IT OCCURRED. NAMES OF VICTIMS NOT GIVEN. [Australian and N.Z. .Cable Association,] Received this day at 10.30 a-m-LONDON, Sept. 25. In the railway accident near Plymouth nine New Zealanders were killed and three seriously injured. The nine were mostly cut to pieces and only identified by their discs- The men went to the rear of their stationary train, where rations and stores were served. The express suddenly came round a curve and caught the New Zealanders. The Red Cross workers aboard the train rendered aid. The names of the victims are unobtainable-
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1917, Page 2
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