The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25
CHRISTMAS R. R. TRAGEDIES
NINE PASSENGERS BURNED on
BRITISH EMPRESS.
ressshis scene In Lsaeiy Sam Country
In Yssk shlsc- Fsar Cnilcreu Ms~n
Down at Grade Crossinx Fatal Ac-
essients Also In France and Italy.

es<ients Also In France and Italy.
.spsesu cas,s Dsspafca.s 10 Tnx Sun.
LONDON, Dec. 2t.-Christmastide has
an unenviable record in Europe for rail-
way disasters. That OF 1910 will be
memorable for not lees than five. two
in France. one in Italy and two IN Great
Britain. the latest Of which was nj Boil
sover. Derbyshire, where party OF chill
dren returning from cinematograph
show were scattered at a level croesing'
Four OF them were killed and one injured.
Il In feared that the loss Of life by the
wrecking Of the Scotch express will ex-
coed the official estimate. The train was
running from London 20 Carlisle when II
collided at O'Clock this morning with
two light locomotives between Hawes
and kirkby stephen, 80 miles from
here. The front portion Of the express
was wrecked and the coaches caught
fire.
The train was travelling at the speed
Of sixty miles an hour when it dashed into
the engines throwing them a distance IL
$50 yards. Redhot Goals set fire To the
first carriage and in a short space OF time
the entire train was burning furiousiy.
to cinders
Nine bodies. all charred beyond recog-
milton. have been extricated from the
wreck. and il is thought that Others may
be under the dabris. Twenty-Five other
passsn gers were more or les seriously
injured
The work OF identifying the incinerateci
will be very difficult. In many instances
fragments Of clothing are all that remain.
The horror OF the scene was heightened
by the fact that the accident occurred
in 50 remote a spot that il was difficult OF
access and consequently there were no
appliances with which to extricate the
wounded. who. pinned beneath the wreck
age, were slowly burned to death. The
scene Of the wreck is in the Penn!ne Hills.
the highest railroad section in England.
Il is officially stated that the nine bodies
recovered were burned after death.
although survivors tell "A pathetic tale
OF a young married couple who saw their
baby girl burned alive while they were
pinned in the wreckage and were unable
TO help her.
ROME, Dec IA collision occurred
to-day near the Milan station between
an express train crowded with passen-
gers and a freight train. An engine.
three cars and the bagga ge van were COM
pletely smashed. Many persons were
IN iured, five Of them. including an en-
xineer. seriously. A heavy fog prevailed
az tbs. time and this rendered the work
OF rescue more difficult than II otherwise
would have been.
MoSTREux. Dec ,s.-In the wreck 81
the Paris ventimiglia express near this
place last night two persons were killed
and nine we're injured. There were n
number Of Americans on the train. but
none was seriously hurt.
The corridor carriages. OF which the
train was composed. were badly broken
I'D. For n time the local railway officials
lost their heads and did little To protect
the passengers from suffering in the
cold. Many got accommodations at last
In local hotels and after a time went on
TO the Riviera in other trains.