AN AWFUL HOLOCAUST

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14769, 7 October 1921, Page 5

AN AWFUL HOLOCAUST

! COLLISION IN A TUNNEL WRECKAGE CATCHES FIRE. I WOULD-BE IRESGUERS HELPLESS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received Ucl'-bcr (5. 5.5 ,m. PARIS. October 5. j Two local trains collided in the . B'alignolle’s tunnel, near Paris. Fiti teen persons are known lo he killed and more Ilian 100 injured. Tiie gas reservoirs beneath the eari rings exploded, causing the coaches to | take lire. and. Hie tunnel became an in- | ferno filled with smoko and flames. II is believed that there are many | more dead beneath the burning debris, j Firemen made frantic attempts to i reach the injured, and were afraid to j pump water into Ihc blazing limnel lest i they should drown the maimed victims. For more Ilian an hour they could } only leave Hie (ire to burn itself nut. Masks were ultimately secured, | enabling the firemen lo enter the | tunnel and extinguish the flames. The disaster was caused by Hie first 1 train being held up by a broken coupling. and Ihe second I rain which was following can into it. Later. Seventy-five injured have been recovered. Many are missing. There were more Ilian 500 passengers on Hie trains, being principally workers who wore proceeding to their homes-