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FRENCH RAILWAY DISASTER PILGRIMS TO LOURDES KILLED PRIESTS SUPPLY FIRST AID United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received September 24, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, September 23. Priests from Lourdes administered first aid to the injured in a rail accident at Tarbes, in which it is reported that 14 were killed and 25 injured, including two priests. An express from Lourdes, carrying many pilgrims, halted at a curve owing to an electrical breakdown, and was overtaken by a local train which telescoped the rear carriage.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20532, 25 September 1936, Page 9
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85REAR CARRIAGE TELESCOPED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20532, 25 September 1936, Page 9
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