There were 800 to 1,000 passengers—mostly women and children—in the excursion train, which had yan to Scarborough in connection with the Neweastle race holiday. Many of the passengers were standing in the corridors. The third and fourth coaches from the engine were telescoped to the extent of about four compartments in each coo The front of the fourth coach mount ed on the top of the end of the third and crashed through it, pinning passengers by their fect and legs between the seats. In one compartment were six living and six dea Doetors and other rescue workers, were soon on the scene and perform-id] ed yeoman service. The uninjured passengers helped! in the rescue work too. One man went round with a doctor and held hire, standing, on his shoulders, o that the doctor could reach imprisoned people and ister morphia to lessen their excursion train, "Iwas firing the engine at the time. The signal gave us the road. Something, however, seemed to tell us that all was not right. Both the driver and myself looked ahead and saw an engine directly in front of us. T could not make out whether it was stationary) or approaching ws. The driver pulled up and did everything in" his power to avoid a collision, But it was of no avail. There came a terrifle crash. The engine was separate ed from its tender and fell over on its side. T could not see for steam and Twas so dazed [did not know happening.
Passenger's Account, Mr, iam A. Davidson, ambulance superintendent at the Swan shipyard, Neweastle, who was travel-ting-in the fifth eaaeh from the en= wine sai "All went smoothly until aps preriching Darlington, when I felt the brakes applied and the train slowed down. A few seconds later I fell a violent jerk and a woman sitting opposite was thrown on top of me.
realized there was a collision and Iran to the carriage window. Many of the carriages were lighted by electricity but the lights instantly went out. From my window 1 looked towards the engine, see only fire and smoke' from the forepart of the train, 1 ran to the fore part of the train, 1 cannot describe the din and confusion, the first eartiage behind the engine people were jumping out, That carriage appeared to be all right. But from the second coach came terrible cries and groans, From the first three or four corns partments of this coach the pose sengers leaped down. 1 jumped on the footboard but it was impossible anything. Inside wore fon rows of seats, on top of the other, with human beings sandwich between them. Tam used gruesome sights, but never before have 1 seen anything of this. kind, Arms and legs were hanging by Threads of skin dangling over the ses of the seats.
Unable to do anything, T ran to the other side of the coxch, and n the third compartment assist 1 women to alight, 'They simply crawled out from beneath the seats. In the rear compartment it was impossible to do much until axes and saws had been obtained, But by frantic efforts, hacking: and whatever' we could Wberated some ya angers from the jammed seats.'
A Rescuer's Description Mr. J. J. Wentner, master of the Darlington Poor Law Institution, who was one of the first to reach the scene of the disaster, said that in his 40 years' experience of all kinds of accidents he had never seen terrible " sight, "When T arrived the wreckage was Jit up by fares and lamps and any thing that could be improvised," ho said. "Men were hacking and howing and straining ut the smashed carriages to release victims, who were screaming, groaning and' shout= ing appeals for'help. Tt was awful, I pray that I may never be called on to witness anything like it again, The noise of the crash was heard a Jong way off. Phe first conch of th excursion train was hardly damaged all, but the second conch was pushed right through the third. Tt: nt inside it. It was sore thing more than the—telescoping usual in such accidents, All of the casualities were there, Hardly any of the people in there other coos suitored injury. Doctors, nurses, railwaymen and volunteers worked splendidly all through the night, and considering the completeness of the smash the dead and injured were removed ina short time.'
The disaster, terrible though it is, supplies one more instance of the fortitude of the women wf our race They were wonderfully brave, and I did not hear one of them scream, says one rescue worker, at " that no Bri sionary society has made any claim fon the Chinese authorities for compensation for personal losses or for damage to mission property arising} out of the disturbed conditions in Christ to our fellows, Through prayer, and through prayer alone, come the pewer which will give uns courage to work and witness, Chi The Bishop of Salisbury at the closing session, said "we came away from Jerusalem in silence, in fear, and in resolve, for a new summons had come to us. After all, we in Great Britain, as well as our Christian colleagues in China, In elsewhere, are really only a small minority in a non-Christian country, and yet it is for us to carry on and make real the message of Tu weather authorities in Japan have declared that this summer will be slightly hotter on the aver-Jage than last season because of the appearance of more than the usual aamiber of spots on the sun." It was poked out that July 8 was. about our degrees hotts than Ue corresponditig day last year. in, temperature is expected with end of the nyubai, or rainy seaton.
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