RAIL-CAR DISASTER
AU Aboard Killed IN U.S.A. COLLISION. (Received August 1, 10.5 p.m.). CUYAHOGA FALLS July 31. At Cuyahoga Falls, in' Ohio State, at least thirty persons were killed when a single gasoline, electric-pow-ered coach crashed head-on into a Pennsylvanian Railway goods train, drawn by two engines, at a grade crossing. The police stated that all aboard the coach perished. The gasoline tank of the coach exploded, splashing flaming fuel over the wreckage. Five persons were thrown from the coach, but were burned to death by gasoline, if they were not dead already. At present, 29 bodies have been recovered. 43 KILLED (Received Aug. 2, 1.47 a.m.) MONTREAL, Augus;; 1. After the Cuyahoga Falls train collision it was disclosed that the coach carried 46 people, of whom fortyth;ee were killed. The majority were incinerated.
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Grey River Argus, 2 August 1940, Page 5
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