Shocking Railway Disaster.
COLLISION BETWEEN AN EXCURSION TRAIN AND PETROLEUM TRAIN. A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION FOLLOWS. li PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH AND 100 INJURED. Losnos, July 17. An excursion tain Came into collision with a petroleum train at St Thomas, Canada. The oil exploded and fourteen persons were burned to death, while one hundred more were fearfully injured. The scene was of a most horrible description.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2094, 20 July 1887, Page 2
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65Shocking Railway Disaster. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2094, 20 July 1887, Page 2
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