Landslide Blocks Railway

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/12

Date Released

8 Feb 1940

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1First Militiamen in France
2. 2Still They Come
3. 3New Zealanders for France
4. 4Under Queensbury Rules
5. 5Landslide Blocks Railway
6. 6Winter in Italy - Trieste
7. 7Nasti News from Lord Haw Haw - No 4
8. *New Zealand Centenary. Reception at the Mansion House
9. *Skis for Finland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

The 9.14 from Northampton to Euston is unable to stop when hundreds of tons of earth and stone plunge down on to the line and the train plunges into it. One woman is killed and six are injured, also the driver and fireman.

Keywords

Railways; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Hertfordshire; Watford

Length of story (in feet)

64

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