THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



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THE BRITISH TROOP TRAIN CATASTROPHE 



At the Right: The 

 burning debris of 

 three coaches in the 

 troop train disaster 

 at Gretna, England. 



Above: A burning 

 coach. 



Two telescoped coaches which escaped 

 the conflagration following the train 

 wreck. The Gretna catastrophe resulted 

 in a death toll of over 200, 194 of the 

 victims being soldiers. 



Two of the wrecked engines in the Gretna 



wreck. A wreckage crane may be seen 



in the background at work clearing the 



tracks of the debris. 



A near view of a coach that has been 

 partially consumed by fire, leaving just 

 the framework. The Gretna catastrophe 

 is one of England's greatest train wrecks 

 and would have been a world-wide topic 

 had it not been for the all-important 

 events of the European war which over- 

 shadow all other happenings of today. 



Photos. Copyrighted International News Service. 



