The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-18
DEATH ON THE RAILS.
ANOTHER RAILROAD HORROR IN
SWITZERLAND,


Excursionists on Their Way to Berne
Dashed Into by q Paris Express
Train-Failure to Warn the Express
the Cause of the Collision-Twelve
Corpses Already Recovered From
the Wreck-Many Persons Wounded.
BERNE, Aug. 1.-THE people OF this re-
public had hardly recovered from the rail-
road scare caused by the terrible accident
at Moenohenstein in June, by which over
l3O persons on an excursion train lost their
lives and about 800 were injured, when they
were again yesterday startled by
ANOTHER WHOLESALE LOSS OF LIFE
by reason Of a railroad accident This last
disaster occurred on the J.ura Simplon rail
road lines near the village of Zolikoffen,
not far from this city. The details of the
accident as received here up to the present
are as follows: A special train carrying a
large number Of excursionists from the
country districts to this city was on its way
here, the passengers intending to take part
In the centennial fetes now In progress here
and elsewhere throughout Switzerland. This
excursion tram was stopped at Zollikoffen
Ah OAhSA W 6uaOlb ~ W u6 suuHlbu llLO a
siding SO as to let the Paris express pass.
BY SOME GROSS NEGLIGENCE.
apparently, upon the part of the railroad
officials, the Paris train, loaded with for
eigp travellers, was not warned to look out
for the excursion train while passing Zolli-
koffen, and The result was that the express
dashed into the special train. Luckily the
engineer of the express train had caught
sight of the excursion train in time TO put
down the brakes, and so the damage done
and the loss OF life was not so great as it
might have been. AS it was, the engine of
the express train cut into and almost en-
tirely demolished the guards van at the
rear of the excursion train, which was
empty, and then crashed into the rear-most
Of the passenger cars, completely wreckinR
it and causing considerable loss OF life.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
The exact number OF the dead and
wounded is not known, but twelve oorpses
have been already recovered from the ruins,
and it is known that many people are seri-
ously injured by the collision. No loss of
life has been reported in connection with
the passengers on the Paris express, and
therefore it is believed here that they have
all escaped
AID SENT TO THE SUFFERERS.
A special train carrying wrecking appli-
ances, doctors and nurses from the hospi-
tails, together with a detachment of engi-
neers, has been dispatched to the scene OF
the accident, and crowds Of people started
in the same direction.
A majority of the passengers on board
the excursion train belong to towns in tbs
vicinity Of this city. 1t is thought no for
eign visitors were eneng the excursionists
and no deaths Of American travellers have
been reported.
THIRTEEN KILLED
| Further details from Zollikoffen show tina;
! 13 people were killed and 18 seriously
| injured, and thirty Others suffered more or
less severe wounds OF bruises. So far as
known all the passengers on the Paris ex-
press escaped without injury.
THE FETKS POSTPONED.
| In consequences of the Zollikofen disaster
the remaining septennRry fetes in this city
have been abandoned. All the occupants of
the Paris express escaped with only slight
bruises