SOUTH AFRICAN SMASH
SIXTEEN KILLED. BODIES TERRIBLY MANGLED. JUDGE AMONG THE DEAD. Capetown, June 10. A disastrous railway accident occurred at Salt River, two miles from Capetown. Sixteen are dead, including Sir Malcolm Searle, a Judge of the Supreme Court, and 26 injured. The action was due to a coupling breaking, the three rear coaches of the express dashing into the stanchions of an overhead road bridge. The scene of the disaster is an important junction on the main and suburban lines. The disaster is the worst that has ever happened to suburban trains in this country and has rarely been exceeded in the death-roll in the history of African railways. The wrecked train was popular and usually crammed with passengers for the various stations as far as Simonstown, the naval port. The accident was remarkable for the terrible mangling of the victims. Arms, legs and feet were picked up among the debris. —Reuter.
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Southland Times, Issue 19894, 12 June 1926, Page 7
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