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Train Disaster at Paria Landslide Holds Survivors and Bodies

Eyewitness accounts describe a deadly excursion train wreck near Paria with five cars destroyed leaving scattered bodies amid intense flames. Rescue crews from Chestnut Hill respond as passengers and bystanders recount heroic acts, including a boy who saved a drowning infant and workers freeing trapped victims while fire rages through wreckage. The scene spurs reports on rail operations, harbor bills, and public notices amid broader political and civic notes.