A FEARFUL SMASH.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 32, 14 March 1914, Page 7

A FEARFUL SMASH.

TRAINS IN COLUSIQNI 1 FOURTEEN KILLED. \ DISASTER IN NEW SOUTH V^ALESe SCENE OF WILD CONFUSION. By Cable.—-Press Association.—Copyright* , (Received March 14, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 14. A train smash has occurred afe Exeter on the southern line, but ftill details are not available: It is believed that seven people were killed and twenty injured. v At Temora the mail train from Sydney crashed into a stationary goods train, telescoping a passenger'car and a sleeping car, and derailing the engine. A scene of the wildest confusion rresulted. *' - * *'*•*' Relief trains conveying officials and doctors have been despatched to the c scene. • Rain and mist obscured the signals, and this is believed to have caused 9 collision. Among the killed are:— /■ * Fred Keezengogan, of- Mittagong:*-" Alice Eva, of Gootamundra. * r c James-Eva, of Parramatta. . ~ N Two women and one man, whose - names are unknown, were also killed/ ; as was the mail train guard. -#-... * I A later official message states that fourteen were killed and six ' seriously injured. .'; ," <, [Temora is a post township of New , . South Wales, 125 miles W.S.W. of Batburst.]