Show FIFTY killea IN HAILWAY eap exp express r ess train crashed into train loaded with pilgrims on their way to a shrine accident la Is supposed to have been due DUB to a misplaced switch the cars care bein being 9 telescoped and shattered to Mitch matchwood wood antwerp A railroad accident in 01 unprecedented horror in the annals of belgian train disasters occurred thursday morning at contich a sta tion six aix miles southeast of antwerp afa in tho the main line an express train from antwerp to brussels craa crashed hed into a a train loaded with pilgrims on oil their way to a local shrine this thiet train was standing on ion a siding several of its cars were telescoped and shattered to matchwood the total number of dead Is placed at fifty and the wounded at over rescuers from contich were at once on the scene and the labor of 0 succoring the injured and removing the he dead was conducted with all possible haste sti special ecial trains with doctors priests and nurses nurses were sent to contich from Ari antwerp twerp and brussels the acci accident dentis Is supposed to have been due to a misplaced switch the engineer and the fire maii or of the express train were killed outright |