RAILWAY SMASH.
DEATH ROLL INCREASES. Sy Cable—Press Association—Copyright Sydney “Sun" Service. Received June 18, 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, June 17. The number of victims in the Hackettstown disaster, who have suciumbed to injuries, is increasing. The death roll now totals forty-two. The train was a special with 182 Germans aboard. One man, pinned under the debris, offered his rescuer a roll of notes to kill him.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 19 June 1925, Page 9
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66RAILWAY SMASH. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 19 June 1925, Page 9
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