OVER 200 DEAD
RAILWAY DISASTER
THOUSAND HOMES IN MOURNING
BODIES MUTILATED
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 8.5 p.m.) Paris, December 26.
Christmas was overshadowed by the horror of the Lagny disaster, which plunged a thousand homes into mourning. A number of the bodies were so cut to pieces that they were not only unidentifiable, but it was difficult to be sure whether there were one or two bodies.
Searchers are still bringing the dead into the Chapelle Ardente of the Gare de I’Est, where Nuns are holding a vigil throughout the day, while a stream of distracted relatives files past on the chance of identifying the bodies. The death roll is now 220. In addition 300 were injured, over 100 of them being in a serious condition. The funeral is being arranged from Notre Dame on Wednesday, and the coffins will be borne through the streets.
Though the driver and the fireman were arrested, the authorities are quite unable at present to fix responsibility. Experts agree that i£ the coaches had been of steel instead of wood the casualties would have been small.
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Southland Times, Issue 22207, 27 December 1933, Page 7
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