After continuing at dangerous and uncontrolled speeds of up to 135 kilometres per hour for nearly 6.5 kilometres the first coach derailed, causing a pile-up and resultant fire. Because of the fire and impact only 425 of the 675 troops killed could be identified. (12 December 1917)
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Saturday 30th of September 1978 (x) — Victim of Lawrence Singleton Mary Vincent is raped and mutilated by Lawrence Singleton aka . Singleton raped Vincent and then severed both her forearms with a hatchet and threw her off a 30-foot cliff, leaving her naked and near death. She managed to pull herself back up the cliff and alert a passerby who took her to a hospital.