In England, a freak accident on the new London Underground kills three passengers.

The new London underground line run by the Metropolitan Railway since 1863, the first in the world, suffered from a fatal accident near the Aldersgate Station when girders from an overhead construction site fell and hit a four-carriage train during the noon hour.  All the cars were heavily damaged but the last was completely destroyed and the three passengers there, two men and a woman, were killed instantly or died later than day. The guard in the carriage survived with severe injuries.  (By John Osborne)