| In Britain... The Bourne End (Hemel Hempstead) rail disaster kills 44 and injures 88.
An LMS passenger express train from Perth to Euston derails at Bourne
End at 9am. The train left the tracks and plunged down a 20 foot
embankment, the engine and 4 leading coaches overturning and many people
are trapped under the wreckage. Rescue work went on day and night, aided
by British and American servicemen. This is the worst railway accident
in Britain since 1915 when 224 people were killed on a troop train at
Gretna.
In Damascus... The Syrian premier, Fayez el-Khoury, resigns
after failing to secure the confidence of the Syrian Chamber for his
proposed government. Saadullah Jabry, premier in 1943, is asked to form
a new government.
In China... American Marines of the US 3rd Amphibious Corps start landing at
Tientsin, in the north, to disarm 630,000 Japanese. |
