European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday january 9,1991london train crash kills at 1 London apr a packed commuter train slowed into crash barriers at a London station during tuesday mornings Rush hour killing at least one person temporarily trapping dozens in the wreckage and injuring More than 240, British rail said. The state owned rail network said the trains brakes apparently failed. Quot the Driver put on the brakes but the1 train did not Stop a said Chris Jennings of British rail. Police declared a a major disaster at the Cannon Street station in the Center of London a financial District As firefighters struggled for three hours to free people from the wreckage. While the Rescue Effort was still going on the London ambulance service said eight people trapped in the wreckage were feared dead. After the last trapped passenger was freed a British rail spokesman said two people were confirmed dead. But other British rail officials said later that they could confirm Only one dead. Daniel of Brien chief superintendent of British rail transport police said one person died on the Way to the Hospital after having been trapped for several hours in one of the trains crushed coaches. According to of Brien and Hospital officials 247 people were injured 30 of them seriously. A spokesman for the opposition labor party charged that the train was overcrowded. Many of the injured had been standing As they prepared to get off the train and were Flung about on Impact. A a sirens wailed across the 1-Square-Milc financial District As fleets of ambulances and helicopters ferried the injured to three hospitals a St. Bartholomew a St. Thomas and Guys. Jennings of British rail said the train crashed into the barriers As it pulled into Cannon streets platform 3. Rail of estimated its Speed at about 5 Mph on Impact. The train which originated at Sevenoaks about 20 Miles Southeast of London runs on the Southeast net s # h a crumpled rail cars lie on the tracks at the Cannon Street station in the heart of London a financial District tuesday. Work state run British rails busiest. For three hours after the 8 44 . Crash firefighters battled with cutting equipment to Rescue passengers trapped in the mangled fifth and sixth cars which took the Brunt of the Impact in the 10-car train. The crash was the fifth serious Accident by British rail since december 1988, when 35 people were killed at Clapham,.in Southeast London. John Prescott a spokesman for the opposition labor party said the train a carrying 800 to 1,000 passengers including some standing in a guards a was overcrowded. Critics have in the past charged that the rail network is outdated and underfunded. News updates illegal immigrants Austin Texas not millions of illegal immigrants now have a Chance to avoid Federal prosecution for using forged or falsely obtained social Security cards to get work and remain in the country. The general amnesty is limited to people who cease the practice immediately and take Steps to obtain _ a Legal social Security number. A fall an immigrant has to do to qualify for amnesty is to Slop using the false social Security number and to later Contact his or her employer and a local social Security office to legally obtain a valid card Agency spokesman Phil Gam Bino said. 1. A a . Trade court Washington a Percsi Dent Bush will nominate Richard w. Goldberg a former agriculture department official to be a judge on the . Court of International Trade,.the White House said monday. A r a a a a a Goldberg 63, was a North Dakota state senator in 1966-74 and also president of Goldberg feed amp Grain co. In 1969-83. The Vienna va., resident would succeed Paul p. Rao. Heavy fight halts evacuation of foreigners Mombasa Kenya a heavy fighting prevented Rescue planes from returning for foreigners stranded in Somalia a War ravaged capital tuesday but dozens of adults and children were evacuated from another City officials said. The 47 people taken to a French ship had been in Murca 40 Miles South of Mogadishu said a French embassy official in Nairobi there Are about 100 foreigners left in the somali capital Mogadishu. Rebels on monday claimed they were close to overthrowing president Mohamed Siad Barre who has ruled the Horn of Africa nation for 21 years. They estimated More than 1,500 people have been killed and several thousand wounded in the fighting since it began dec. 30. V airlifts from Mogadishu since the weekend have carried out hundreds of foreigners including All . Diplomats and citizens the state department said. It said somali soldiers had sacked the vacant $35 million . Embassy compound. Plans for an italian plane to attempt a Rescue Mission were cancelled Early tuesday because of fighting. Siad Barre has not been seen publicly since the clan based uprising began in the nation of 8 million people. The italian foreign ministry said it believed he was still in Mogadishu. Rebels in Nairobi and Rome said if the president is captured alive he will be tried for crimes against humanity and could face the death penalty. The rebels repeatedly have rejected appeals for negotiations with Siad Barre a former army commander who seized Power in a bloodless coup in 1969. The rebels Western governments and human rights organizations have accused him of widespread atrocities. Somali government radio which had been off the air since saturday broadcast an Appeal monday from Siad Barre urging the rebels to agree to peace talks under italian and egyptian mediation. But the broadcast was identical to an Appeal aired last week raising suspicions it was taped earlier. Diplomatic sources in the United Arab emirates said Siad barrels family had fled to the persian Gulf nation by plane and was seeking Asylum. The sources said it was unclear if the president was with them. ? corrections because of a reporting error the rank of a . European come spokesman was incorrect yesterday. John Woodhouse is a Navy commander. A a wire service graphic on chemical Protection clothing contained several inaccuracies this week. The filters arc located on each Side of the voice transmitter while the Gas mask Hood goes Over the jacket. The graphic also had the chemical detection paper incorrectly located on the arms. Port a Prince Haiti a charred and mutilated bodies and burning debris littered streets tuesday after troops crushed a Duvalier St a coup attempt preserving chances for democracy in this violence plagued nation. A after coup Leader Roger Lafontant was taken into custody on monday thousands of haitians burned buildings and slaughtered his supporters and those of his former Boss ousted dictator Jean Claude Duvalier. At least 40 people were killed Many of them lynched. Tuesday looters casually carried away food and merchandise from stores gutted during mondays disturbances. Police and soldiers were patrolling but appeared to make no attempt to halt the looting. Many haitians returned to work and the capital of port a Prince bustled with traffic snarls. But Banks and Many stores and Gas stations were shut. The violence came a month before Jean Bertrand Aristide a leftist roman Catholic priest takes office As president. He was the landslide Wanner of last months first Quot democratic elections in Haiti a history. Lafontant reputed head of the dreaded Tonton Lacoute militia that enforced the Duvalier family a 29-year Rule had been barred from rutting for president and vowed to prevent Aristide from taking office. It w As not immediately known what the army planned for Lafontant whose whereabouts were not disclosed. A 7 p.m.-to-5 . Curfew was ordered after the violence. Quot state television said 12 people were arrested when Lafontant surrendered at the National Palace after a 10-hour standoff in which caretaker president Ertha Pas Cal Trouillot was held hostage. She was released the coup attempt began late sunday when Lafontant and an unknown number of soldiers entered the Palace. Lafontant then appeared on state television and said he had the support of the armed forces. But the army High command condemned the takeover and troops stormed the Palace on monday meeting no resistance. ,.a a a a haitians filled the streets of the capital of port a Prince to celebrate Lafontant a capture. But the Celebration quickly turned vengeful As people chased Down and lynched dozens of alleged Lafontant supporters and suspected members of the Tonton Lacoute. A
