NATION PLUNGED INTO GRIEF
SHOCKED BY RAILWAY DISASTER DEATHS EXCEED TWO HUNDRED United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright •Received December 26. 8.50 p.m.) PARIS. December 26. Christmas was overshadowed by th? horror of the Lagnv disaster, which plunged ten thousand homes into mourning. A number of bodies were so cut to pieces that they were not only unidentifiable, but it was difficult to be sure whether there was one or two bodies. Searchers ere still bringing the dead into Chapelle of Ardents at Gar de l'Est. in Paris, where nuns are % holding vigil throughout the day, while a stream of distracted relatives are filing past on a chance of identifying the bodies. The death roll is now 220. and a funeral is being arranged at Notre Dame on Wednesday. The coffins will be borne through the streets. Though the driver and fireman were arrested, the authorities are quite unable at present to fix responsibility Experts agree that if the coaches had been steel, instead of wood the casualties would have been small.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19682, 27 December 1933, Page 7
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171NATION PLUNGED INTO GRIEF Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19682, 27 December 1933, Page 7
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