THE RAILWAY DISASTER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9589, 5 September 1913, Page 5

THE RAILWAY DISASTER.

MORE GRUESOME DETAILS.

(London Times.—Sydney Sun Special.) (Bt Elictbic Telegraph-Coptrioht.) (Per Pum Association.) LONDON, Sept, 3. In connection with the Aisgall railday disaster in one case the only clue to a man's identity is that he is wearing a gold watchchain. Specks of melted gold are embedded in the roasted flesh. In another case a girl's necklace is the only trace. The nearest hospital, at Carlisle, is forty miles from the scene of the catastrophe. A rescuer states that all the carriage doors were jammed, and the efforts of twenty men were unable to open them. Many official fire extinguishers failed to work. The company states it is willing promptly to meet all reasonable claims.

The president of the Trades Union Congress at Manchester, in a speech of sympathy, stated the catastrophe showed the responsibility attaching to all industrial undertakings. The experts are emphatic that the result of the accident will be to compel railways to consider the substitution of steel-built carriages. The ninth body ha 6 been identified. A juryman on the inquest during the jury's inspection picked up a steel rule and took it to Kirkby Stephen station, where a wife happened to be enquiring about her husband. She immediately recognised the rule and fainted.

SIR ARTHUR DOUGLAS. Received September 5, 9.50 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 4. Sir Arthur Douglas, who was injured in the accident, remains at the Carlisle infirmary. There is a flight improvement in his condition.

DIFFICULTIES OF IDENTIFICATION

Received September 5, 11.50 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 4. The difficulty surrounding the identification of tlie bodies of tha victims of the train disaster has led to confusion. A London girl named Lindsay was reported dead, hut •he did not travel by the train. Her father and sister were injured, and the former is in a critical condition. It is believed' Sir Arthur Douglus's valet perished. The King and Queen have sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the victims.

COLLISION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Receired September 5, 9.50 a.m. ADELAIDE, Sept. 5. A train overran a motor van at a Grantt junction level Crossing. "Walker, the driver of the van, and Reidy, the assistant, were killed and the engine derailed.

A TURKISH SMASH. (London Times.—Sydney Sun Special.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 4. A portion of a train at Salonika became uncoupled and descended a slope and collided with an express. Four were killed and twelve injured.