CROSSING SMASH
EIGHT KILLED—SIX INJURED. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received April 26, 1 p.m.) LONDON. April 25. The Paris cor,respondent of “The Times” says that, after the passage of < the first section of the express, the gatekeeper, forgetting that the second section wag due, opened the gates to two motor-coaches full' of pilgrims,
fro mthe Lissieux Basilica. The first cross© dsafely, but the second section of the express smashed into the second motor-coach, killing eight persons and injuring six. The gatekeeper has been charged with manslaughter.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 April 1938, Page 2
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