TRAIN SMASH
FIVE PERSONS KILLED.
(Received May 26 at 12.25 p.m.) (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 25. Five people wore killed this afternoon in an laceident on the southern railway when a steam train from Waterloo station to Alton was derailed between Wimbledon and Raynes Turk and came in contact with the Southampton steam express. ' FURTHER PARTICULARS. s LONDON, May 25. Two women and two boys were killed] Tlie death roll would -base, been greater) but for' the corridor side. of. the ;express' - being-that which ripped, the sides" of-the steam train, of "the leading three coaches. , Ambulances and police -vans . were rushed to the scene and improvised stretchers of carriage cushions and timber. They extricated and treated the injured on the embankment where three died. There was little confusion despite the cr.es of anguish.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1933, Page 6
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