DROWNED IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.
BRIDGE CARRIED AWAY. By Telegraph—Prora Association—Cop vrisht Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. September 2S. _ ihe fatalities in connection with the Casper tram disaster are no-iv estimated at between 40 and 55. It rained and snowed all cay and the flood in the river is unabated, rendermg it impossible to recover the bodies, wiui© the iocomotivo and the five coaches arc sinking deeper into the riverbed. The exact death list perhaps will never be discovered, because the ssnokmg carriage was crowded with casual passengers some of whom had not been supplied with tickets until they boarded the train. Bodies can be seen through the windows of the half-submerged cars.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17159, 1 October 1923, Page 9
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