NEARLY 200 DEAD, 700 INJURED
IN JAMAICA AS EXCURSION TRAIN
PLUNGES OVER EMBANKMENT
By SUSAN LEWIS
MANDEVILLE, Jamaica, (#)—
The smell of death hung heavy
over this little Caribbean moun
tain resort yesterday as burial
services were rushed for nearly
200 Jamaicans killed in the wreck
of a Roman Catholic excursion
train.
It was one of the worst disas
ters ki railroad history. The 12
coach train was packed with
nearly 1,500 Roman Catholics re
turning to Kingston from a relig
ious pilgrimage and holiday out
ing at Montego Bay, on Jamaica’s
north coast.
Nine coaches derailed and
plunged over a 100-foot embank
ment near Kendal, five miles
from Mandeville.
The count of the dead reached
176 last night. The Catholic bish
op of Jamaica, the Most Rev.
John J. McEleny of Woburn, Mas
sachusetts, estimated it might rise
NEW NAME
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auer thought he had run across
every name in the book.
Then came Running Around in
Circles.
Running Around in Circles is
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to 200.
Torrential rain hampered the
search for additional dead.
Nearly 700 persons were re
ported injured. About 500 crowd
ed the hospitals in Mandeville, at
naerby Spalding and in Kingston.
Many were put two to a bed. Doc
tors and nurses were rushed to
the hospitals to work around the
clo«k.
Most of the victims were young
people, between 16 and 30.
Bodies of the dead lay under, a
huge banyan-like tree behind the
Mandeville hospital yard. Bright
lights strung on wires burned
thruout the night to aid relatives
and friends in the task of identi
fication.
Acting Governor John Stow and
Chief Minister Norman Manley
hurried to the wreck and ordered
an immediate investigation, to be
headed by the chief justice of the
Supreme Court.
There was no immediate ex
planation of the cause of the
wreck, altho unconfirmed reports
said the first coach which jumped
the track had faulty wheels which
hid been inspected earlier on the
trip.
Early reports said the train
was pulled by two diesels which
came uncoupled from the follow
ing cars. Later, however, it was
reported the first passenger coach
broke away from two freight cars
and the locomotive ahead ^nd hit
a culvert.
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U.S. and Russia
Both Planning
Arctic Maneuvers
LONDON, UP)—Naval forces of
both the Soviet Union and NATO
are scheduled to carry out ma
neuvers in arctic waters off Eu
rope this month, but they appar
pently will be operating about
1,000 miles apart.
Moscow radio announced the
Soviet war games yesterday in a
warning to foreign ships and
planes to steer clear of “hazard
ous” operations in the area. A
Defense Ministry statement said
the Soviets would take no respon
sibility for damage incurred in
the danger zone.
The Russian operations will be
held Sept. 10 to Oct. 15 in an area
directly north of the Ural Moun
tains, centering on the Soviet No
vata Zemlya (New Land) Islands.
The islands form an archipela
go of 35,000 square miles between
the Barents and Kara Seas. The
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arctic Norway, about 300 miles to
the southwest.
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val maneuvers will be held with
different types of modern weap
ons and warned all ships and
planes it will be dangerous to
enter the waters or the air space \
of the area.
North Atlantic Treaty Alliance
officials have not pinned down
the NATO maneuver area, except
to say that it will be north of the
North Sea. The NATO exercises
will be held Sept. 19-28.
About 85 American ships yes
terday sailed from Norfolk, Va.,
for the maneuvers. Some 300
warships of six NATO nations
will take part.
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