SYDNEY SMASH
SIXTEEN IN HOSPITAL. DISREGARD OF SIGNALS. By ' Telegraplj.—Prepe Assn.—Copyright. . SYDNEY, January 15. One empty carriage 'train was returning from Ashfield,- the other had left Sydney for . Ryde, and had travelled only three or four lengths from the .Central' station; -when- the f collision occurred. ■’ Sixteen people were taken to hospital. Only one,. Harold Richards, of BUrwood, who suffered a compound fracture of both legs, is ini a critical condition. ■ An official statement issued by. the 'Secretary of Railways says, that the mishap was: apparently: due to a disreg&ra “of the signalling , appliances ■which are: of the most moderA type in the world. 1 v A: most serious accident at Central Railway /Station occurred when’ an out-ward-bound train/ loaded- to , utmost capacity with passengers, was tun into .by an inward- 'bbund train and literally .cut; in halves. , Eight’ carriages were and one carriage of the inward' train telescoped. . :
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12038, 16 January 1925, Page 5
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149SYDNEY SMASH New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12038, 16 January 1925, Page 5
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