VENICE RAILWAY SMASH.
belated discoveries. By Association—Copyright, Auatr*lian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Eeccivotl October 11, 3.10 p.m.) ~ . LONDON, October 10. Milan correspondent of tho ■'.Daily Chronicle” states that the Venice railway disaster wns much more senoua than wns at first reported. Excluding tho corpses recovered, other passengers were hurled into the sea and .drowned. No help was forthcoming* tor several hours, the passengers having to walk three miles to Venice to 1 .convey the tidings of the disaster. ' ;At tho preliminary inquiry it was ; stated that the signalling apparatus was rusted, and worked imperfectly.! Tho signalman was intoxicated, and tho Gignal lamp at the rear of the train whs so obscured by filth that the driver nf a train bound from Trieste to Rome ■ '.could distinguish the colour only whoa ho was a lev; yards distant.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 20075, 11 October 1920, Page 8
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