RAILWAY CATASTROPHE.
APPALLING DISASTER NEAR PARIS. AN EXCURSION TRAIN IS COLLISION. OUTBREAK OF FIRE. PASSENGERS BURNED TO DEATH. i, "■» in ■ - FRIGHTFUL SCENES. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright .Paris, July 27. An excursion and a goods train came into collision at St. Maude, near Paris. The carriages caught fire, and a frightful scene ensued. : Sixty people were killed outright in I the collision. ? :; Several others, who were unable to • extricate themselves from the ruins, were caught by the flames and burned to death. Many charred remains, quite unrecognisable, have been recovered from the debris. , J ' A few of those who were on the train were drowned by being thrown into the river.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8631, 29 July 1891, Page 5
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113RAILWAY CATASTROPHE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8631, 29 July 1891, Page 5
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