Traiii Wreck in
London Suburb
Kills 12, Injures 35
BARNES, England, Iff)—A train
packed with homeward bound
theater goers crashed into a stand
ing freight train in this London
suburb Friday night and burst
into a searing mass of flames.
Twelve persons burned to death
and 35 others were injured.
Twelve hours later 11 of the
dead were still unidentified. Two
of the victims were young chil
dren. Railway officials said 16
persons were detained in hospi
tals and 19 others had received
hospital treatment and permitted
to go home.
The electric train carrying 150
passengers from London’s West
End to their homes in the Thames
valley ripped into the rear of the
freight train just outside Barnes
Station. Barnes is eight miles west
of central London.
The first coach overturned and
dug a path along an embankment
before stopping. The collision
shorted the car’s power circuit.
There was a moment’s silence, and
then the crumpled coach exploded
into flames.
The screams of the trapped and
injured sounded above the roar of
the fire as dazed passengers from
the rear coaches sought to give
aid. Railroad workers and unin
jured passengers tore at the
wreckage with their bare hands.
They hurried the injured they
could remove to houses along the
tracks.
Two Changes Made in
NC Co. Alaska Personnel
Truman Sage, general manager
of the Machinery Division of the
Northern Commercial Company,
announces two changes in the
management personnel of the
company’s machinery stores in
Alaska.
Gragg Gilkey, who for three
years has been manager of the
machinery branch in Fairbanks,
has been transferred to the ma
chinery branch in Anchorage as
manager. Gilkey joined the NC
Co. in 1941 as a member of its
transportation service in Alaska.
Succeeding Gilkey as manager
of the Fairbanks machinery
branch is Howard Blefgen. Mr.
Blefgen joined the Northern Com
mercial Company nine years ago
as a partsman at Fairbanks.
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: Wm. Zubach,
Percy IT. Smith, Donald W. Hobbs,
J. D. Crawford, George Rudow
ski, Ernest Cortez.
To Kotzebue: Carroll Hughes.
To Fairbanks: Frank Whaley,
Lt. Edgar Garrison, Robt. Wal
raven, Kip Ransdell, J. Stoops,
Edna Crawford.
Two-Bedroom House
Vacated Today
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Patrice Munsel Misses
Performance at Met
From Scalding at Home
LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y., (*>—
Opera star Patrice Munsel was
scalded on both hands Friday in
a kitchen mishap at her Long Is
land home here.
The injury was serious enough
to cause cancellation of her ap
pearance in a Monday night pro
duction at New York’s Metropoli
tan Opera. She will be replaced by
Roberta Peters.
Robert Schuler, husband of the
30-year-old coloratura, explained
the scalding this way:
“It was cook’s night out. She
(Patrice) went to the kitchen for
tea. The kettle was on the stove,
empty, even though the burner
was turned on. She picked it up,
turned on the tap and put it under
to fill it with water.”
Steam billowed quickly and
scalded both hands of the opera
star. Her doctor bandaged her
hands and gave her an injection to
relieve pain, then ordered her to
bed. The bandages remained on
until today.
Alaska Steam’s Susitna
Gets Big Radar Scanner
The first 12-foot Mark-V radar
scanner to be operated by a vessel
on the Pacific Coast was installed
on the Alaska Steamship Co.’s MS.
Susitna recently. It replaces a
four-foot model.
This scanner transmits a nar
rower beam, producing a sharper
image, which enables navigation
officers to see smaller objects and
distinguish more clearly between
those closely situated.
The new scanner is being oper
ated on the Susitna on an experi
mental basis to test out its effect
iveness in Alaskan waters, which
are considered among the most
difficult to navigate of any in the
world.
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Inside Parcels
Effective Monday, Nov. 28, pa
trons may enclose letters INSIDE
parcels without paying first class
postage on the entire package.
This is another step in the pro
gram of the Post Office to offer
better service to its patrons, re
ports Postmaster M. Boyer.
Under this new combination
mailing scheme, patrons may en
close a letter or other writing in '
any parcel, Mrs. Boyer said. All
patrons have to do is notify the
post office clerk that a letter is
enclosed in a package they are
mailing, and the clerk will make
the three-cent additional charge
for the letter in the parcel post
charge. Such packages should be
marked “First Class Mail En
closed,” or “Letter Enclosed.”
Postmaster Boyer pointed out
that this should be of help to those
returning merchandise when it is
desired to give instructions to a
company. The letters being en
closed won’t be lost and won’t
break away from the package and
arrive at a different time.
The postmaster cautioned that
mailers are subject to a fine of not
more than $100 if they knowingly
conceal letters or other pieces of
first class mail in parcels wthout
paying the three cents for the
enclosure.
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