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FIRST TRAIN-SMASH PICTURES.

ELEVEN BODIES OF DEAD FOUND..

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GRAPHIC STORIES OF DISASTER.

WONDERFUL HEROISM OF TWO TRAPPED YOUTHS.

ALL NIGHT IN DEBRIS.. BROU

ROUGHT TO DISASTER by treacherous rains which scoured away the foundations of the embankment, the K.C.R. train which left Shumchun at 4.39 p.m. yesterday was completely wrecked forty minutes later just before entering a tunnel two miles from Shatin Station.

Eleven bodies have already been extricated from the wreckage, and there is grave reason to fear that other victims will be found, undoubtedly dreadfully mangled, in the ruins of the third coach, which was so amazingly telescoped that it now occupies a space of little more than six feet.

The appearance of this carriage defies description. The others escaped more easily, principally because they are of steel, while the scene of the gravest casualties was a wooden coach.

There was no suspicion of possible damage to the line to those aboard the train. The engine was proceed- ing smoothly at about twenty miles an hour and had just crossed a bridge over a waterfall-the excess volume of water from which caused the disaster-when the track seemed to give way beneath the engine.

GROTESQUE APPEARANCE.

In another second, the picture was contorted. The engine hurtled over the embankment and came to rest, nearly twenty yards away, slowed right rand, and was seen, after clouds of hissing steam had subsided, a complete wreck.

Four of the five couches followed the engine in derailment. Windows broke and glass scattered in all directions. The least injured scrambled out of the wrecked coaches to see the whole train sprawled grotesquely across the line and in the shallow ravine below,

WONDERFUL COURAGE.

Wonderful courage was displayed by a youth and a small boy, who were pinned in the wreckage all night. For hours desperate efforts were made to free them but both were grip- ped like a vice helow the knee.

Everything was done to comfort them in their agony, nel: when they realised that no effort was being spared to extricate them, they stood the horror of their position splendidly.

Plans were made this morning to secure their release by the employment of an oxy-acetyline cutting machine, but the danger of commencing a conflagration made it necessary to amputate. Mercifully enough, anaesthetics were available and administered before the operation was carried out.

LANDSLIDE HANDICAPS.

First Pictures of the Train Smash: Top shows the wrecked engine lying against the watted up cutting, Bottom, a general view of the wrecked coaches.. The much damaged third coach where the majority of the casualties occurred is shawn smashed to smithereens. The whole of me side can be seen lying among twisted rails, cut like a knife, with the second coach deeply imbedded into its

centre. (Special Telegraph photos)..

The engine and leading carri- ges are completely wrecked and are a chnos of splintered wood and twisted metal. The engine mount have leaped over the embandment with terrific force, for desplie its weight, it has turned completely

und, and is laying on its

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in the bed of the stream, a musa of buttered, broken metal, itx undercarriage and wheels com. pletely torn off, and strewn around Rescue work was enormously hampered by the difficulty the vicinity.

The first conchi, The road was blocked by heavy of approach to the wreck.

first class landslides at several places. On the railway line itself, another wooden dining saloon, les detach- ed from the engine. It's foremost washaway, much more serious in extent-requiring at least a week for even temporary repairs-prevented the employment of relief trains or normal breakdown facilities, which would have expedited the clearance of the wreckage immensely.

The railway may be regarded as out of action for a week and special bus services are being run as far as Shatin in order to provide emergency facilities for residents in the vicinity.

FATHER'S TERRIBLE ORDEAL.

Daylight this morning revealed

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TERRIFIC RAINS RESPONSIBLE.

Over Thirteen Inches In Forty-Eight Hours.

The cause of the disaster is eloquently indicated by figures of the rainfall registered ni Tuipoo yesterday and to-day'. Up to eight o'clock yesterday morning, 7.12 inches of rain had fallen in 24 hours.

Up to 8 a.m. this morning, a further 6.09 inches, most of it in a space of an hour or two had been registered.

Of special interest in the fact that less that an inch of rain has been recorded at the Royal Observatory in the last 24 hours.

steel, and

Ex-

is lenst damaged. cept that its undercarriage has been wrenched off, It is practically undamaged.

But the third, wooden structuré, obviously took the full brunt of the smash. It met collision front and back and

ed, that only six feet remains.

EERIE SCENES AT NIGHT.

́SPLENDID RESCUE WORK UNDER HANDICAP.

By the dim lights of many types

FORT DUNLOP

LOCAL BRANCH.

The Limchow

Refloated.

Exciting Time for Salvage Crew.

JUNK INVADERS.

Filibustering junks to the number of nearly forty were found looting the wreck of the s.s. Limehow when the Kowloon Dock tug, Henry Keswick, ar- rived at the scene of the disas tor on Friday, according to the local naval" nuthorities, who have been in communication with H.M.S. Sterling.

The silvage crew had exciting time until the British) destroyer arrived to afford them protection. They were unable to board the Limehow until Saturday, when the "pirates" retired.

On the night of Saturday, in spite of the fact that the salvage party was still aboard the wreck. The marauders swarmed over the sides and the situation WAR Apparently so threatening that the men of the Henry Keswick were forced to abandon the ship to the invaders, and wireless to Hongkong for protection.

Sterling's Arrival.

The "pirutes" continued looting all through the night, retired next morning, but hung in the vicinity

in spite of the arrival of H.M.S. Sterling,

Paddar Bldg.

JEKYLL AND HYDE

PERSONALITY OF

GERMAN "RIPPER."

REVOLTING TRIAL NEARING END.

ATTEMPTS TO PROVE INSANITY.

DIABOLICAL ACTS.

Dusseldorf, Apr. 20. The sensational "Jack the Ripper" case is drawing to a close after a prolonged trial, notable for the gruesome and filthy details of the crimes of Peter Kuerten, made in open confession. The verdict is expected to-morrow.

The defence to-day called a large number of witnesses-not in any attempt to prove Kuer- ten's innocence, since he has ad- mitted his crimes, and since the prosecution has sufficient evid- once to convict him in 74 mur- der cases without his contes- sion-for the purpose of at- tempting to prove that the mur- derer is insane.

Kuerten's recitation of his crimes was made with a callous- which caused shudders among the spectators."

Kuerten said the various xen-

The commander of the Sterling tences of imprisonment he had reports that the junks and their served from his youth up had left a terrible impression and had pro- crews remain apparently hopinduced uncontrollable feelings...

1913 Crime,

for an opportunity of continuing their robbery of the ship's vala- able cargo, but the destroyer is remaining at Pochin Pagoda until the Limehow rendy for towing.

Since the arrival of H.MS. Sterling, the salvage crew has done splendid work, and the Lim- of theft. He saw the innocent chow is alremly been refloated. girl sleeping peacefully, forgot his Pumping and patching are still burglarious intentions, seized the required, and it is anticipated that child, worked his will with her and the vessel will be ready for tow when she was unconscious cut her ing to Hongkong the day after throut. ito-morrow.

Thus, his first murder, that of - the nine-year old Christine Klein 1913 was committed when he broke into a house for the purpose

INTERPORT POLO

· PROSPECTS.

TWO TEAMS GOING NORTH FROM HONGKONG.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, Apr. 21. The probability and possibilities of some thrilling interport pole matches in Shanghai in the Autumn were outlined yesterday at the an- nual meeting of the Shanghai Polo Club.

The President of the Court ask- ed Kuerten to describe his suc creding murders without too much sexual detail.

Kuerten agreed and described a series..of-nusnulis on men, womon.. and children. He also declared he revelled in the sight of blood and flames and in the cries of women. Even after his marriage he continued his sadistic practices. His wife was aware of them but to avoid publicity took no action.

Chambers of Horror.

Kuerten declared that when a child he acquired the habit of killing animals for pleasure and when child only nine years old pushed air a rait into the Rhine at Muel- helm, drowning him and another Sir Peter Grain presided over the boy who fell Into the Rhine acci- gathering and in the course of his dentally.

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review of the past season and the Kuerton declared he loved prospect for the future, said that haunting chambers of horrors in the prospects of Hongkon~ sending which waxwork shows he is hoping a team appear very rosy. The one day he himself will appear in

lengkong team will probably refligy among noted criminals. has been so completely telescop of lamps, willing helpers toiled alive in late September or early Oc- He dwelt on the elation and last night into the early hours of The Argyll and Sutherland High-victims and his delight in drink- happiness he felt in killing his That six feet is an amazing masa

the morning in their efforts to landers are likely to send a. squading their blood and licking his of splintered wood, and it was

suecour the stricken. The scene together with the Colony's repre here that the most badly injured about the mouth of the tunnel last sentatives, and at the same time. and the majority of the dead were night, with dark forms hurrying Peking are coming. found. Medical men and railway from polut to point, worming their ocials congot"estimate how many way into the mass of twisted boules are hidden beneath this wreckage, and bearing still forms wreckage.

Terrible Scene.

Pinloned still alive between the buffers are a youth and a small boy', a corpse firmly wedged beneath them, and another dend body at their side.

Only the forepart of the fourth coach has been damaged, but it is hanging at a precarious angle, half on-and-off the ralls, threatening to tumble into the ravine the slightest movement.

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Of the whole train, the fifth and last carriage in probably the only that has not been damaged It is standing on beyond repair. It the rails, Immediately above the the bridge, and was so little that Its electric lights tinued to function until the battery ran down in the

early hours of the morning.

KURORIAMPIOENTACHDAINIERTEMA

ANOTHER RAINFALL

TRAGEDY.

Woman Killed In Hut. Collapse.

The heavy rains in the New Territorica were niso the cause of a tragedy in the Tein Wan District. The terrifie carried away rush of water

the hut of a bean cured maker at Muk Min Ha, the only oc- cupant, an elderly Chinese woman, being drowned.

The structure collapsed and was washed into the aca. The incident occurred at about 7 p.m.

CHINA PASSPORT REGULATIONS.

AN OFFICE TO BE SET UP IN KOWLOON.

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The offeint summaries of his statements, handed to pressmen who wore excluded from the Court, were unfit for publication.

Prisoner's Calm.

Throughout the trial, the prl- soner has sat in the dock looking more like an offelal or a member of the Bench than as the perpetra- tor of the most diabolical crimes, in the history of western civiliss- tion.

He was asked on one occasion by the President of the Court whether he felt any remorse or pity for his victims,

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, Apr. 21. Complete detalls of the new regulations requiring foreignors

Kuerten replied: "I abominato' entering China to have vises, havo

my deeds. I feel the deepest been released for publication.

The examination of passports Aympathy for my poor and unfor will commance as from May 1.

tunato victims. I am now free

The offices to be established from my passions." Include one in Kowloon.

Judge's Opinion.

On the point of the prisoner's; 'AIR SMASH SEQUEL.manity, the judge who presided over the first court of Investigation; testified to-day-

It is obvious that torrential rain fuller detalls of the enormity of in this vicinity caused the washu- the disaster than the flickering lights of the hastily improvised way which sent the train off the down lanterns of last night could show. ralls. A waterfali

about 100 yarṆs The weird shadows by night and over the rocks the countless numbers of helpers from the entrance to the tunnel,, maden vivid night, but they did and makes its way into Tolo Har- not fully disclose the grim and boer beneath bridge. This disastrous effect of the train's bridge is perfectly solid, but the plunge into the ravine that wern 100 yards of permanent way to the visible this morning.

tunnel, has been torn and ripped,

and boy, imprisoned between theon stretchers through the pitch A Telegraph representative who while the rails are twisted End

Bacond and third coaches was the dark tunnel dripping with mols- "made his second visit to the scene broken.

and evidently crashed with n most terrible of the catastrophe. ture, was one that will never be Engineers are of the opinion torrific impact into the stone side So firmly wedged were they in the forgotten" early this morning, found a band of rescuers, who had returned that the volume of water coming of the ravine. It is lying at an vice-like grip of the telescoped Below, in the bed of the stream. “after · only a few hours sleep, over the fall was so great, that It angle of 45 degrees, with its carriages, pt they were complete the huge mass of metal that was of Prince George Bibescos plane. Is On the one hand, he was hereditari

Bquads of police, gangs of work-swept round, in the direction of wheols and undercarriage feet ly powerless, and were in auch an once, an engine, sent up volumes reported to have died of his in-ly criminally Indlined. On the men and arowds of curious specta- the tunnel. and undermined the away. The second carriage, a awkward position, that medical of steam into the air, like the juries at Benares Military Hos- other he was "natural lover tors.

second class compartment, Is of (Continued on Papa 8.) bahag (Continued on Page 12.) ;; Ipital. Reuter,

beauty and cleati morals—Rog

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The predicament of the youth

DEATH OF BIBESCO'S PILOT.

Paris, Apr. 20.

"Kuerten appeared to be sarie, but how could a sane man commit such crimen."

He expressed the opinion that Lieut. Bellair, the second pilot Kuorten had a dual personality.