MOTOR COACH TRAGEDY
CATCHES FIRE AND OVERTURNS. POUR PASSENGERS BURNT, MANY INJURED, (United Press Association.! (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, April 28. (Received April 28, at 11.17 p.m.) Four people were burned to death and 15 seriously injured when a motor coach travelling to-Reading from London took fire and overturned near Maidenhead at 1 o’clock in the morning. The bodies were so charred that it was impossible to determine whether they were men or women. The condition of most of the injured is believed to be critical. A loud explosion heralded the disaster. Flames mounting 20 feet, and being visible two miles, burst from the fore part of the coach while it was travelling at a fair speed and-spread with astonishing rapidity. The trapped passengers broke the windows and tore off the hood. The terrific hfeat drove back motorists attempting to assist the passengers. Scarcely one emerged Uninjured.—Australian Press AssociationUnited Service.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20703, 29 April 1929, Page 9
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