ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. [SnciAii to Pbbss ; Association. j NEW YORK, Jan. 12. A fearful railway accident is reported from Crawfordsville, in the State of Indiana. A train became derailed, fell over an embankment fifty feet high, and was nearly smashed to pieces. Two passengers were killed outright, and thirty-eight were badly hurt, several fatally. One car rolled over three limes, and eventually caught fire, but the passengers managed to escape. The passengers on the train included three theatrical Companies, and one actress was among those killed. [Crawfordsville, the capital of Montgomery County, is on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago railway, where it crosses the Indianapolis line, and also on the Logansport and South-western line.]
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7179, 14 January 1892, Page 4
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