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Is van next the engine and two third-class carriages 

 behind it were demolished, the two third-class carriages being 

 squeezed out to the left by the Pullman car, which came 

 immediately behind. The body of the Pullman had been 

 wrenched separate from the bogie truck frame which carried 

 it, and slid along it, driving the third-class carriages out side- 

 ways, and penetrating into what remained of the guard's van. 

 Behind the Pullman was an ordinary sleeping car which also 

 had slipped forwards on its bearings, but was otherwise un- 

 damaged. The carriage behind this was very little hurt, and 

 the remainder some seven or eight carriages were standing 

 >n the line, just as if they had been stopped in the ordinary 

 way, and neither they nor their occupants had suffered any 

 damage at all. Shortly, the engines and the great part of the 

 train up to the Pullman car were destroyed. One or two 

 carriages in the middle of the train suffered slightly, and 

 rear half of the train, consisting of at least seven carriages, 



unhurt. The train was running at a high speed when the 

 danger signal was given by the goods engine driver, and the 

 brakes were put down instantly. Had there been no con- 

 tinuous brake, there would have been no sensible reduction of 

 speed before the collision, and the carriages would have been 



1 one on top of another, and the loss of life would have 

 been appalling. As it was, none of the passengers were hurt, 

 but tin- Kiianl in the front van got an ugly knock on the head, 

 and the four men on the engines were seriously hurt. Could 

 these men and their engines not have been saved? Looking 

 at the train as it stood after the collision, it is evident th. 

 at the moment of putting down the brakes, the forward part 

 "t tin- train had been made to disappear, the rear part of the 

 would have stopped under the influence of its own brakes 

 before reaching the mi n< i. d tiam \\hi.-h was on the line, and no 

 < llision would have taken place. If, on the other hand, at 

 the ni"i)i< MI ot j Mit ting down the brakes the rear half ot 



d been removed, the forward portion of tin- train would 

 ha\< run with greater violence into the u because 



ould not have had the drag of the after portion, \\hirh was 

 efficiently braked. Heine tin- < on< h; 



