RAILWAY DISASTER
THE ARSGILL TRAGEDY. SIR ARTHUR DOUGLAS (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 4. It is officially stated that Sir Arthur Douglas, formely New Zealand's Un-der-Secretary for Defence, who was seriously injured in the Arsgill railway collision and removed to the Carlisle infirmery, shows signs of slight improvement. Later. Difficulties in the identification of the bodies of the victims of the Arsgill train disaster led to confusion respecting a London girl named Lindsay. She was reported dead, but did not travel by train. Her father and sister were injured, and the former is in a critical condition. It is believed that Sir Arthur Douglas's valet perished. The King and Queen have sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the dead.
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Northern Advocate, 5 September 1913, Page 5
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122RAILWAY DISASTER Northern Advocate, 5 September 1913, Page 5
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