SUBWAY SMASH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 229, 25 August 1928, Page 1 (Supplement)

SUBWAY SMASH.

BIG LOSS OF LIFE. ANOTHER HUNDRED SERIOUSLY INJURED. United Service. Received August 25. 4.30 p.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 24 Three hours .after the most serious accident in the history <V" the New York underground railways tho exact loss of life and the number of the injured is still not established. It is believed that- at least 20 were killed and 100 seriously injured. The accident, which occurred at tho peak of the home-going rush hour, paralysed tho entire subway system and left virtually 1,000,000 people unable to get home save by long and devious ways.

Times Square, which is the 'virtual heart of the city and probably its busies'! spot, is to-night shut off on two sides by a cordon of police strewing around many city squares and streets. This neighbourhood is crowded with fire fighting apparatus, and there is a difficulty in removing the injured and clearing the tracks for the restoration of the service, which difficulty is greatly enhanced by the fact that the accident- occurred 40 feet underground right in Times Square area and tho theatre district..

The neighbourhood of Times Square, which is always ono of the most crowded spots in the city, is to-night in a turmoil, the police having great difficulty in deflecting the crowds which every evening converge upon-this small area to seek their places of amusement. • : ; ;•