Sydney train derails traps hundreds beneath collapsed bridge
A crowded Australian commuter train derailed into a 100 ton bridge near Granville, sending concrete onto the cars. Police report 29 dead, 62 injured with death toll expected to rise. rescue crews hampered by gas leaks as two doctors treat survivors amid mass devastation. Witnesses describe screams and widespread chaos at the scene.
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Sydney
Australia
API
Ray
Ambulance Brigade
Mount Victoria
Granville
Transport Department
Ice Chokes Nation River Traffic Across Major Rivers
Ice and cold snap halt barge movement on the Mississippi Ohio Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. Utilities report stalled coal and oil shipments with millions of gallons locked in ice as Coast Guard urges refuge for northern tows and engineers warn traffic could close.
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United Press International
Mississippi
Ohio
Allegheny
Monongahela
William Dockhower
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Cg&e
Mississippi River
Cape Girardeau
Cairo
Ill
Mississippi and
Coast Guard
John Lane
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Cincinnati
Lane
Monongahela Rivers
Allegheny River
Fairmont
W.va
Charleroi
Liberian tanker Stones Challenger splits in Pacific
A 600 foot Liberian freighter carrying 100000 barrels of oil sank after breaking up 204 miles southeast of Midway Island. Thirty one crewmen were aboard. 28 rescued by the Japanese vessel Pacific Arrow, three remained aboard as Coast Guard and rescue aircraft responded. The ship belonged to Tsakos Shipping of Piraeus.
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Honolulu
UPI
Venezuela
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Midway Island
Coast Guard
Jim Gillman
Tsakos Shipping and Trading of
Piraeus, Greece
Hawaii
Mallow
Midway
Challenger
Universal
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Peter Christopher
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Neville Wran
Tacoma
Wash
West Main Chanute, Kansas
Wilson
Armour Star
Zour
Washington
Washington Anjou
Florida
I Lbs
Oscar Mayer
Argaarine
KRAFT
Jeno's
Rich
Coffee Rich
Valley
Morton Pot
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