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Henry Dunbar was amongst those who were carried away helpless, and, to all appearance, lifeless from the ruin of the Shorncliffe train. One of the banker's legs was broken, and he had received a blow upon the head, which had rendered him immediately unconscious. HENRY DUNBAR WAS AMONGST THOSE WHO WERE CARRIED AWAY HELPLESS AND TO ALL APPEARANCE LIFELESS FROM THE RUIN OF THE SHORNCLIFF TRAIN ONE OF THE BANKER'S LEGS WAS BROKEN AND HE HAD RECEIVED A BLOW UPON THE HEAD WHICH HAD RENDERED HIM IMMEDIATELY UNCONSCIOUS
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. 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. BANDS 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 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
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