RAILWAY SMASH.
A BRIDGE COLLAPSES.
COAtp BREAKS IN TWO.
PASSENGERS : SWEPT AWAY IN
FLOOD
By Cable.— Association.—Copyright. (Received June,20,; .12.45 p.m.) LONDON, June 19. '' Further reports' of \ the .Scottish rail- L way smash* state that, four bodies have been recovered; at Car rbridge. : ' The engine and' One coach passed the bridge safely, and ; then became de : railed. * ' V * . . ' A moment later, the bridge collapsed. The couplings broke, 'and the three carriages on the bridge sank into the .flood. ' '. ,' ; ' .' '';•.,-. . ..•■■--: ' One struck the bed' of the river, and was broken in two. ! ' . ; ' One-half, with, 'the passengers in .it, was swept away,, but the passengers in the other coaches managed to scramble up the banks. ' One man who was saved clung to a floating tree, and was carried half-a-mile. ;.. i -.;,; \-r>'' • ; < '•■ >'■ ■'''
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 115, 20 June 1914, Page 10
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128RAILWAY SMASH. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 115, 20 June 1914, Page 10
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