FRENCH TRAIN WRECK.
THE ROUTE MISUNDERSTOOD. £40,000 OF JEWELS RETRIEVED A. and N.Z PARIS. Mar. 11. After the 'wreck of the Calais-Mediter-ranean express the police collected suit cases containing jewels and other valuables worth £540,000. Mrs. Hazleton did not lose her legs, as cabled yesterday. Mrs. Donne, aged 74, bad both her legs amputated. The injured persons include the wife and daughter of Mr. John McCormack. the well-known tenor singer. The engineer complains that he was not informed of the change of route. Ho was instructing a new fireman when ho saw w»e signals denoting the change. He was then dazzled by the furnace 'glare and was unable to see the lights properly.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18657, 13 March 1924, Page 7
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