Later.
Wuen rescuers, after two hours hicking wnidst the wereck~ the long and narvew Queen's Street tunnel, dragged out he body of u man, confetti fluttered from his clothing, while there was a rushed carnation in his. button. hole. The body was identified as Donaldson Gray, from Glasgox.
had been married three hours of the coaches. of the ex-were telescoped and both trains burst into flames. The passengers in the mail-train were im-Privoned in. the wreckage which piled up. The impact was so terri-fie that some of the wreckage struck and partly demolished road-bridge.
Tater.
According to the Intest figures, rine pertens have been killed and 21 injured.
It was an express from Leeds on its way to Bristol which collided with the goods-train, but another goods-train up the line was involved When some of the enrringes of the' express swung into it after the collision, Both engines were smashed and have been burned into a mass of unrecognizable metal work.
The work of rescue is being carried on under very difficult condition At nine o'clock this morning, four hours after the collision, the coaches were stil Blazing.
Later, previously.
The ist of dea now total His bride, one of che first of injured to be removed, had her leg amputated in an infirmary. She is now in a critical condition, A second newly-wedded pair, Mr. and Mrs. James Rots, from Glas-ow, were both injured, sustaining a broken leg. ten, Oct, 14. From an examination of the hu-mar remains, the doctors are satis fied that 14 persons were killed the train smash at Charfield yesterday. "Nothing bat the ashes of some victims remain.—Reuter.
The express was on its way to London vii Edinburgh, but most! of the victims—offcially stated to number one killed and 60 injured—were from Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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