SHOCKING DISASTER
MOTOR COACH FIRE.
PASSENGERS' AWFUL FATE.
jFOt'R FATALLY BURNED. /
B 5 SERIOUSLY INJURED.
TRAPPED IN FLAMES. TU- Tclesrnph—Rresa Association—Copyright. Australian Pres3 Association—United Sorvico (Received April 28, p.m.) LONDON, April 28. z A shocking motoring tragedy occurred near Maidenhead at 9 o'clock last cven- / in ?- Four pcoplo were burned to doath and 75 others were seriously injured when a motor coach travelling to Reading from London caught lire and capsized. The bodies of (ho victims were so charred that it was impossible to identify ■ them. Tho condition of most of the injured people is believed fo be critical. A loud explosion heralded the disaster. Tfio (lames, mounting 20 feet, into the air, wero visible two miles away. They burst forth from tho fore pari, of tho coach while it was travelling ft a fair speed and spread with astonishing rapidity. Tho trapped passengers broke tho windows and tore tho hood in their efforts to escape. Tho terrific heat drove back motorists who attempted to assist the passengers to reach the open air. Scarcely ono emerged uninjured.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20241, 29 April 1929, Page 11
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