A RAILWAY DISASTER.
DERAILED TRAIN ON FI RE-
WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN A 1
DEATH-TRAP
FIREMAN BOILED TO DEATH
United Press Association. Copyright (Received Oct. 18, 5.12 p.m.j-
NEW YORK, Oct. 17
Forest -fires destroyed a culvert, derailing a train-load of fugitives from Metz (Michigan).
The wreckage and piles of railway sleepers got on fire, and the men becoming panic-stricken fled, leaving the women and chldrcn on a steel car.
Fifteen charred skeletons were found.
The firemen took.,refuge in the en-gine-tank, and were boiled to. death.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2325, 19 October 1908, Page 5
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86A RAILWAY DISASTER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2325, 19 October 1908, Page 5
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