BAD RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
PANIC-STRICKEN PASSENGERS
IT CABLB-PRESfI ABBOCIATKM—TOPTSIGHT.
(Received Dec. 17, 12.30 p.m.) BERLIN, Dec. 16. In connection with the railway accident due to collapse of the Harrasfellesen tunnel, the-train was travelling at 'high speed, and the driver did not notice the debris. The. engine I mounted upwards, and struck the top of xhe tunnel. Masses of masonry collapsed, and six coaches were telescoped. A panicj among the passengers followed, and in the darkness several] were trampled to death while attempting to barrow their way out of the debris. Persons were found dead and fenrfully mutilated, and fifteen were dangerously hurt.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 17 December 1913, Page 7
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101BAD RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 17 December 1913, Page 7
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