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The train from Shorncliffe had been completely smashed. The northern express had suffered much less; but the engine driver had been killed, and several of the passengers severely injured. THE TRAIN FROM SHORNCLIFF HAD BEEN COMPLETELY SMASHED THE NORTHERN EXPRESS HAD SUFFERED MUCH LESS BUT THE ENGINE DRIVER HAD BEEN KILLED AND SEVERAL OF THE PASSENGERS SEVERELY INJURED
 who clung, warm and living, to the breasts of dead mothers, martyred in that moment of destruction; husbands parted from their wives; wives shrieking for their husbands; and, amidst all, brave men, with white faces, hurrying here and there, with lamps in their hands, half-maimed and wounded some of them, but forgetful of themselves in their care for the helpless wretches round them. The express going northwards had run into the train from Shorncliffe, which had come upon the main line just nine minutes too late. One by one the dead and wounded were carried away from the great heap of ruins; one by one the prostrate forms were borne away by quiet bearers, who did their duty calmly and fearlessly in that hideous scene of havoc and confusion. The great object to be achieved was the immediate clearance of the line; and the sound of pickaxes and shovels almost drowned those other dreadful sounds, the piteous moans of sufferers who were so little hurt as to be conscious of their sufferings. PITEOUS WAIL OF CHILDREN WHO CLUNG WARM AND LIVING TO THE BREASTS OF DEAD MOTHERS MARTYRED IN THAT MOMENT OF DESTRUCTION HUSBANDS PARTED FROM THEIR WIVES WIVES SHRIEKING FOR THEIR HUSBANDS AND AMIDST ALL BRAVE MEN WITH WHITE FACES HURRYING HERE AND THERE WITH LAMPS IN THEIR HANDS HALF MAIMED AND WOUNDED SOME OF THEM BUT FORGETFUL OF THEMSELVES IN THEIR CARE FOR THE HELPLESS WRETCHES ROUND THEM THE EXPRESS GOING NORTHWARDS HAD RUN INTO THE TRAIN FROM SHORNCLIFF WHICH HAD COME UPON THE MAIN LINE JUST NINE MINUTES TOO LATE ONE BY ONE THE DEAD AND WOUNDED WERE EARNED AWAY FROM THE GREAT HEAP OF RUINS ONE BY ONE THE PROSTRATE FORMS WERE BORNE AWAY BY QUIET BEARERS WHO DID THEIR DUTY CALMLY AND FEARLESSLY IN THAT HIDEOUS SCENE OF HAVOC AND CONFUSION THE GREAT OBJECT TO BE ACHIEVED WAS THE IMMEDIATE CLEARANCE OF THE LINE AND THE SOUND OF PICKAXES AND SHOVELS ALMOST DROWNED THOSE OTHER DREADFUL SOUNDS THE PITEOUS MOANS OF SUFFERERS WHO WERE SO LITTLE HURT AS TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THEIR SUFFERINGS
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