RAILWAY DISASTERS.
s GHASTLY DETAILS
THE DEATH LIST.
Press A *sociation-By Teleeraph-Copyriglit Received 9 p.m., May 22nd. BRUSSELS, May ?2
Details- of the Antwerp collision show tliat the victims were mutilated *md crushed in a ghastly manner, several nem? ue capitated. A severed hand was found clenched, -the fingers whereof held tigrnr- arear which had been torn off in i: e fran.ic struggle. The wreckage was o mass. Forty persons were lulled end 80 injured. The signalman lias lied.
THK BRAYBROOK INQUEST. AN EXPERT'S EVIDENCE. MELBOURNE, May 92. At the Braybrook inquest Mr consulting engineer, in his evidence nui! that the brakes on t-h e Eendigo trail were the most inferior he had ever seen on a Victorian main line passenger train. Despite this the brakes were sufficient to ha.v B stopped the train before the accidout.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13602, 23 May 1908, Page 5
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137RAILWAY DISASTERS. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13602, 23 May 1908, Page 5
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