Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-02-22 | Page 2 | Two Thousand are Killed or Injured

TWO THOUSAND ARE ' KILLED OR INJURED Bailroad Accident In Northern Eumanla Claims Many Victims, According td-Newspaper Accounts. BERLIN, Feb. 21, by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. There, were approximately 2000 persons killed or injured in the recent railroad accident near1 C'hirurchfc, in northern Rumania, according to the Moscow newspaper, Russkoye Slovo, as quoted by the Overseas News agencv. Five hundred persons were instantly killed, according to this account. "The train lumped the tracks and the cars were telescoped," read the summarized sum-marized account as given out by the news agency. "Fire broke out at once in several places and a panic ensued. ''Fathers and mothers pushed their children aside in efforts to save themselves," them-selves," savs the Russkoye Slovo. "Men pushed women into the fire, women wom-en and men attacking each other with teeth and finger nails. Otliers lost their minds and ran into the burning cars. Then ammunition on board the train began be-gan exploding, killing many persons." An Overseas News agency statement on .lanuarv 28, based on accounts in the Russkoye Slovo, reported more than 100 Rumanians of high rank killed in the (Jhirureha train wreck. The train was carying Rumanian refugees to Russia.