Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Monday 5 July 1954, page 1
TRAU) CRASH
IN FRANCE
THIRTY BODIES
RECOVERED
LONDON. Jaly 4 (A.AJ-) -Renter's rfrwanmlcat at
Lyaas says that reteae saaads working with «xTacetyfene torches have re-covered 3« hoüe* tram the wreckage «f the railway crash aear Chateaabsarg vulag« to the Raaae Valley last night.
Twenty-nine injured were taken to hospital. The search ia continuing for others feared trapped in the wrecked fourcar diesrt nain which collided htsd-on with a shunting en-gine.
The first car. which was a power unis, and the second car of the diesel train were wreck-ed as the shunting engine ploughed through them.
The ¿aird car was flung back cn the roof of the fourth, which wa-} undamaged
The whistling shunting en-gine, lying cn its side, drowned the screams of the injured as rescuers raced to the scene.
A garage owner from Tournon who drove a rescue team to the scene, died of shock when he saw the twisted .wreckage.