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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 26, 1868
Page
18
The New York Times reports a dying scene in which STEvEeNs grows weaker, then revives briefly, and receives last rites. Two colored ministers pray at his bedside and Sister Loretta administers baptism moments before death.
The Irish Limited Mail and a detached goods train collided near Llanddulas on the Chester and Holyhead line. Thirty three people were killed and many more injured as petrol vapors ignited, flaming carriages and wreckage poured into a sea wall. Survivors described panic, heroic rescues, and long delays as authorities and bystanders aided victims and sacked watches and jewelry were recovered from the charred remains.
The Duchess of Abercorn and family, Lord Hamilton, Lord Castlerosse and their relatives were aboard the train but escaped unscathed. The Duchess and Lord Hamilton continued on to Ireland accompanied by their entourage.
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