TRAIN DISASTER
INJURED SPEND GOOD NIGHT. PRAISE FOR RESCUERS. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) BRISBANE, June 11. Advice received from Gympie states that all the injured in the train smash spent a comfortable night. The survivors of the disaster tell of the heroism of the injured, and praise the bravery of the rescuers. Dr. Stopford (Home Secretary), who was a passenger to Brisbane on the Rock» hampton mail, which was waiting a few miles along the line for the ill-fated train to pass, expressed the opinion that no praise for the work of the rescuers could be too great. The doctors, railway officials, ambulance men, nurses, hospital authorities, and volunteers, both men and women, discarded every consideration but that of caring for the injured. Dr. Stopford also stated that the general behaviour of the injured was magnificent. The fortitude of some of them was amazing. All business places were closed, and flags were half-masted at Gympie during the funeral of the four victims of the disaster.
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Southland Times, Issue 19575, 12 June 1925, Page 5
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164TRAIN DISASTER Southland Times, Issue 19575, 12 June 1925, Page 5
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