RAIN OF FIRE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 248, 21 October 1914, Page 5

RAIN OF FIRE.

TERRIBLE PANIC AMONGST

THE AUSTRIANS.

TRAIN-LOAD STRUCK BY A

SHELL:

AUSTRIAN ARMY DISPERSED.

(Received Oct. 21, 9 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Oct. 20. There was a terrible panic at Echortkoff, situated at the foot of th© •Carpathians, the Russians suddenly raining fir© over the Austrian defenders. A fierce artillery duel ensued on the surrounding ridges. The inhabitants thronged the railway station. As the conflict increased' in deadliness many Austrian soldiers and officers rushed the station and evicted the women and children from the train, their places being taken by panicked troops. The train then ascended the mountain. A Russian shell smashed the locomotive^ as it was nearing .the summit. The train rolled down, crashing into a second one, both rapidly descending into the valley. "A freshi shell set , fire to the carriages, and the trains continued to da-. spend1 with their ' burning victims, crushing to death a hundred and throwing th© remnants into the station.

The Austrian army was dispersed, and the town occupied. '""