Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
A FRIGHTFUL WRECK.
A Train Crowded With Excursionists
Breaks Through Bridge,
BasIe, Pretty Swiss Village Tut III
Mourning by the Terrible Accident on
the Basic and Moenshenstein Raal.


RasIa p-a+tv s,r,s. x;,.. II. ii
~ 'ne ierfioie aeeiueht on
the basie and hosnshenstein Road.
Further details received from he seene i,
Tho terr;bls i ilro.d a.c;5ont .,I;a,, ,ao,,-,,l
'i'e terrible taiifoa.t aeeiuehl Whieii occurred
at village near Basic, Switzerland, on the
Moenehenstein and Basic Railroad show that
IVA apoines ana thfaS ra,g;s.res t,,3ed ,.;.l,
7.
eAcufsloalsis' ieii INTO the stream winch
flowed beneath the iron bridge which gave way
and caused The disaster These earriages and
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WV nsiiies hoN Iorh' heai 81 "reeha7e1
beneath The bridge structure, and BY It's own
size prevented two other carriages, which
weYa snsnstidp1 ,,,setina1lv 4, tbc al, fra,,,
81. M, !,
iaiiihs tau sun luttheI increasing tle number
OF Killed and woundcd, Eighty exeursionists
are known 10 have bee,, drowned thougli
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many =. wy ooVies =" i NY peei i0euNei'N
yet u the large number OF persons injured
many have suffered so seriously that il is con.
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nate fatally, as they consist OF BAD decorations
and, in some cases, limbs have been COM
nleteiv severed
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anu caused tne aeei!eht' had oiliy recently
pseh pull!, nv haa Juse 'eett streheiheie",
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