RAILWAY COLLISION.
EIGHTY PEOPLE KILLED. VICTIMS BURNED TO DEATH. By telegraph—Press Association—Copyright New York, Nov. 28. A west bound emigrant train collided with an east bound passenger train at Senecca. on the Wabash railway. The wreck of the immigrant train took hre, and horrible scenes were Witnessed, many of the victims imprisoned in tuc debris being burned to death. Eighty passengers were killed and 150 wounded. Italian immigrants were tho chief suiierers by the Seneeia railway accident. Four cars were telescoped. Tne llames prevented people giving assistance. The driver misread the signal to go into the siding.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 276, 30 November 1901, Page 2
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