London, Jan. 16.
'A shadow has crossed the claim of the Great Western Railway to be the safest railway In the world as a result of a serious accident early this morn-Ing about five miles from Swindon, when a night express from Pendance to London came into collision with trucks which had come uncoupled from a preceding coal train and were running back along the line, The frst three coaches of the ex-ress wore derailed, one falling down The driver, named Start, and a passenger, Mrs, Courtney, received fatal injuries, while 26 other pass-tengers were burt, six seriously.
The fireman lad a remarkable! escape.
Doctors and nurses were rushed from Swindon, and they attended to the injured in the light of bonfires of the wreckage, Breakdown gangs worked all day ing the blocked section of the which considerably delayed trains to and from south Wales and the west of England.
The company previously had only one passenger train accident, Involving the death of a passenger, in the last twenty years. Tt occurred In south Wales in 1928, when one man was killed—Reutpr,
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