Your ShelfYour Projects

The Railway Disaster in England

50%

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 17, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 30.

Read the full edition

The Railway Disaster in England

How the news of the great world war has practically overwhelmed all other news, is well illustrated by the slight attention given the terrible railway disaster which recently occurred in England. Three trains were in collision on May 22, one of them a troop train; the wreckage caught fire, and many of the injured were burned alive. The official statement declares that 157 lost their lives at the time, and 200 were injured. The list of dead has doubtless been materially increased by deaths among the number listed as injured. This fearful accident commands very little attention in the light of the greater lists of fatalities coming over from the battle fields of Europe. In the fearful crash of nations the crash of railway trains is soon lost sight of.