RAILWAY DISASTERS
SMASH-IN NEW SOUTH WALES. TRAIN FALLS ON INCLINE. By Telegraph—Press A sen. —Copyright (Received October 10, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. October 9. A train from Wallsend, near Newcastle, failed to climb the incline at Broadmeadow and slipped hack downhill, telescoping the train following. Twelve passengers were injured. TWENTY PEOPLE KILLED A COLLISION AT VENICE. (Received October 10, 5.5 p.m.) ROME, October 8. Twenty persons were killed in a railway collision on tho causeway across tho lagoon at Venice. A SHOCKING COLLISION 30 dbathsTioo injured. (Received October 11, 12.50 a.m.) PARIS. October 10. Tho Express from Paris to Nantes collided with a goods train at Honilles, eight coaches wore telescoped, thirty people being killed and a hundred injured.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10717, 11 October 1920, Page 5
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