THE CATHCART SMASH
SCENES OF AGONY AND ANGUISH.
By Cable—Press Association —Copyright.
Received 9, 10.55 p.m. Capetown, January 9,
Details of the Cathcart accident show that it was a crowded train, the passengers being chiefly women and children. When the train was descending a steep incline to a curve, nine miles from the town, six coaches toppled over, through the couplings snapping, and turned turtle, being smashed to matchwood. The accident happened in pitchy darkness. Many bodies were mangled to pulp, and other passengers, pinned in the debris, died before their relatives' eyes, mothers and children screaming in agony and fright.
Dr. Robertson, with three ribs broken, was carried from place to place, directing the treatment of the injured, until fainted. The first relief came three hours after the accident.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 229, 10 January 1911, Page 5
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