THE WRECKED EXGIXE OF THE SHREWSBURY EXPRESS o>v ITS SIDE THE SHARP CURVE AT SHREWSBURY STATION, WHERE THE DISASTER OCCURRED. THE TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER OX THE LONDON AXD NORTH-WESTERN LINE, OUTSIDE SHREWSBURY STATION. Nineteen persons lost their lives and forty-two were seriously injured in this terrible accident The train was a long composite one, made up of vehicles belong. ng to the London and North- We a tein, the Great Western and the Caledonian Railway Companies, and was running from Crewe to South Wales The evidence and the statements of the high officials of the London and North -Western Company leave no doubt that the disaster was due to excessive speed on the sharp curve which runs into the station. The signalman at the box next to the scene leceived a message almost at the moment of the disaster saying, " Train running awaj " Both the driver and the fireman were killed, and a full explanation of the speed will not be forthcoming An official ot the line states that the brakes were on
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Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 46
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173THE WRECKED EXGIXE OF THE SHREWSBURY EXPRESS o>v ITS SIDE THE SHARP CURVE AT SHREWSBURY STATION, WHERE THE DISASTER OCCURRED. THE TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER OX THE LONDON AXD NORTH-WESTERN LINE, OUTSIDE SHREWSBURY STATION. Nineteen persons lost their lives and forty-two were seriously injured in this terrible accident The train was a long composite one, made up of vehicles belong.ng to the London and North-Weatein, the Great Western and the Caledonian Railway Companies, and was running from Crewe to South Wales The evidence and the statements of the high officials of the London and North-Western Company leave no doubt that the disaster was due to excessive speed on the sharp curve which runs into the station. The signalman at the box next to the scene leceived a message almost at the moment of the disaster saying, " Train running awaj " Both the driver and the fireman were killed, and a full explanation of the speed will not be forthcoming An official ot the line states that the brakes were on Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 46
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