THE ENGLISH DISASTER.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14616, 4 September 1913, Page 5

THE ENGLISH DISASTER.

NO DOCTORS OR' NURSES. ACCIDENT IN LONELY-SPOT FELWOL'SCENE OF DESI'IIUCMANX FATHEpC INCIDENTS. . ITROM THE VERiY JAJWS OF ■..•■■■ •■ ■■' deaithl ; .. ' .."■. (Per Prom Association.) LONDON" September 2 The ascent,,at Aiisjgfill was t).^. hi»ih€®t ( piece on . the railway line in Etogfl'anxi, the gradient being one: in a hundired. t ,. _^ rX!he scene of the accident was the? ihefcut of . Pennin^s surrounded by bleak. hills T!here wiere only a few scattered cot fiages in the vicinity and little water' was avtailalbTe ,'.,." D'ootors and nurses unoibtai'..aible for hours aiffter tne collision. TJi© railway officialet aroused tihoso in t!h^ sleeping! cars and made the! passengers flight. ']■■: .. ■>. • • iMany of fche women were partially 'dressed. ' : . • ,, ' ■ T!he pa^seoig'ers did. not realise xhs «ariotisn©ss unt.il a roice in the darkness cried 'Mien are, wanted to help, no woonm are wanted.' The men running iaiw a desperate scene of detraction. .; The outibrealc of fire eo-mpileSted the te'giedy' The nei.ghibouring' farmers and shep ihterds aisaisitied the police, to rescue <sic imprasoned un^til ftihe flames beat • back the rescuers. 'Many sofoibed to sice hands w/avimg 1 to abteaicti aitten/bion a-fiter it was ©videint they mu&ti die. '"''"' Eight passengers, tugged st r.n c-1----dferly man wsio wa» .pinned at the 1 wlafet until has clothes, wen© pulled off, and t!he flesh torai . As fihe. fliames crept up fihe m.an lke,pib crying, 'For God's pull ni-2 . Elvory few nwrnents tihe rescuers !had to draw 'badk from-tJie scorching Iheat. • ■ ■. ■ '. ' • We £inialTy made a las* effort and pulled out the man as""the Burning wloiodiwork released his waiisfc. In another case a :cjliergyman saw it was imipossibte to succour a man who Ava« pinnied Ibo .tihe «vreekagv»-, virnd raised his hat and offered praysr