RAILWAY DISASTER.
TRAIN FALLS OVKR AN EMBANKMENT. FIFTY PERSONS KILLED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.NEW YORK, February 17. An electric train on the. Now Yoik Central railroad Ml over an embankment tat. Bronx Park. Fifty persons wero killed ami many injured. Tho wrecked cars tool; NEW YORK, February 18. ■ (Received Feb. 18, a I 9.55 n.m.J The lironx Park accident was apparently due to tlie high speed of tlie train in rounding a curve causing the rails to spread. The cars overturned and fell on their sides. Tlio couplings still held, and some of llie coaches were dragged a furlong. Many people fell through tlio windows and were crushed between the car and the permanent way. Others were electrocuted by coming into contact with live wires.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13831, 19 February 1907, Page 5
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