PASSENGERS INJURED WHEN TRAIN CATCHES FIRE
A WILD STAMPEDE. TUBE TRAFFIC BLOCKED. NEW YORK, Fob. 18. A wild stampede resulting in the injury of from 50 to 100 season ticket passengers occurred when a train caug?it lire to-night in the tubes under the Tiudson Riven, travelling from New York to New Jersey. So far as is known in the general confusion none was k?*ed, but it is feared that a. number of those burned and trampled upon ktll die. Traffic throng,bout the system was blocked, causing much additional conf'hfou. The lights went out and a panic started. The passengers fought each other, attempting to escape from the flames. police reserves restored order with great difficulty in avoiding being cr'i sllWl themselves hy tjhe I'rantic mob.
The majority of the injured wore women and a few children.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 39, 21 February 1929, Page 5
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