Horror In France

AN AWfll, CAI.AMITV. Paris, July 28. - A collision betweeu excursión trains occurred at St. Mande Sunday night in which forty-three persons were killed and 104 injured. Both trains were returning frorn a musical festival at Fontenoy. The majority of the victims were women and children. The wrecked carriages consisted of one first-class, two second-class and a guard's van. The first was completely shattered. A man searching for missing relatives carne upon the bodies of his wife and daughter. His cries attracted his brother-in-law, who in turn recognized a grand-child lying dead and learned that his wife and his mother were in a hospital dying. A raan who for a long time had been rushing about half demented, seeking his family, stopped a litter entering the schoolroom and found that it bore the cbarred bodies of his wife and baby, the latter being only a few months old. t'ive of this man's children were on the train, and only one was rescued alive. The bodies of the others were picked from the debrts. Many of the unfortunate people imprisoned beneath the wreek of the railroad cars were . drowned by the firemen who were summoned to the scène. Forty minutes elapsed before the firomen were able to obtain water, but when they did so they poured torrents upon the wreek and seemed to be utterly unaware of the fact that they were drowning tlie peo pie they were attempting to reseñe. Most of the bodies in tlie town hall were seorehed bevond recognition. They owe their identifleation to some special mark. The fire that broke out after the accident was iiercest in the lirst-class 'carriages, from which twelve bodies have been recovered so badly charred that identifleation is impossible. Among the injured sent to the hospital a number died immediately after admission and many are expected to suceumb. An official statement makes the number of dead forty-three and the number of injured 104. Among the victims are the Marquis and Marquise Montferate.