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The express going northwards had run into the train from Shorncliffe, which had come upon the main line just nine minutes too late. THE EXPRESS GOING NORTHWARDS HAD RUN INTO THE TRAIN FROM SHORNCLIFF WHICH HAD COME UPON THE MAIN LINE JUST NINE MINUTES TOO LATE
here was a horrible smashing, tearing, grinding noise, that was louder than thunder, and more hideous than the crashing of cannon against the wooden walls of a brave ship. That horrible sound was followed by a yell almost as horrible; and then there was nothing but death, and terror, and darkness, and anguish, and bewilderment; masses of shattered woodwork and iron heaped in direful confusion upon the blood-stained snow; human groans, stifled under the wrecks of shivered carriages: the cries of mothers whose children had been flung out of their arms into the very jaws of death; the 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.  NEVER FINISHED HIS SENTENCE THERE WAS A HORRIBLE SMASHING TEARING GRINDING NOISE THAT WAS LOUDER THAN THUNDER AND MORE HIDEOUS THAN THE CRASHING OF CANNON AGAINST THE WOODEN WALLS OF A BRAVE SHIP THAT HORRIBLE SOUND WAS FOLLOWED BY A YELL ALMOST AS HORRIBLE AND THEN THERE WAS NOTHING BUT DEATH AND TERROR AND DARKNESS AND ANGUISH AND BEWILDERMENT MASSES OF SHATTERED WOODWORK AND IRON HEAPED IN DIREFUL CONFUSION UPON THE BLOOD STAINED SNOW HUMAN GROANS STIFLED UNDER THE WRECKS OF SHIVERED CARRIAGES THE CRIES OF MOTHERS WHOSE CHILDREN HAD BEEN FLUNG OUT OF THEIR ARMS INTO THE VERY JAWS OF DEATH THE 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
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