Engine Somersaults After Tragic Smash
12 PASSENGERS KILLED COLLISION NEAR BRUSSELS ( uoijvtoossy ssjuj 'Z' AT P«o vDiiD.ijsny J (United Service) Reed. 9.40 a.m. PARIS, Wednesday. The Amsterdam express from Paris over-ran signals near Brussels. There followed a shocking collision with a goods train. Ten bodies have already been recovered. The total number of casualties is doubtful. Many of the injured are still pinned beneath the wreckage. A later message says 12 persons were killed and 20 injured in the express smash. The engine, after cutting through the end of the goods train, continued for 100yds and somersaulted through the gates of a level-crossing into a street.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 641, 18 April 1929, Page 9
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106Engine Somersaults After Tragic Smash Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 641, 18 April 1929, Page 9
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