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rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21365 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
 Posted: 29-07-2013 08:54 Post subject: Pilgrims and Fatal Accidents |
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In the news today:
| Quote: | Italy coach crash: At least 38 dead near Avellino
A coach has plunged off a flyover in southern Italy leaving at least 38 people dead, rescue services say.
The coach hit several vehicles before smashing through a parapet and toppling down a steep slope near the town of Avellino, in the Campania region.
At least 10 people have been injured, some of them seriously, Italian media report.
The coach was taking about 50 people, including children, back to Naples following a pilgrimage, reports say.
The cause of the accident is not clear.
TV footage showed smashed vehicles on the flyover and shrouded bodies lined up by the side of a road.
The driver of the coach is said to be among the dead.
"The situation is critical," leading fireman Pellegrino Iandolo told Italian television.
"Our men are working to save as many lives as possible."
A police spokesman told the French news agency AFP that the number of victims could not yet be confirmed.
"We are still pulling people from the vehicle," he said.
He added that the Naples-Bari motorway had been closed to traffic because of the accident.
Reports say the bus smashed through a guardrail on the flyover and dropped 30m (98ft), coming to rest in heavy undergrowth.
The injured have been taken to hospitals in Avellino, Salerno and Nola, Ansa said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23486086 |
Just last week we heard this:
| Quote: | Dozens die as Spanish train derails in Galicia
A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 77 of its 218 passengers and injuring more than 100, officials in the Galicia region say.
All eight carriages of the Madrid to Ferrol train came off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela.
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The derailment happened on the eve of Santiago de Compostela's main festival where thousands of Christian pilgrims were expected to flock to the city in honour of Saint James.
However, the city's tourism board said all festivities planned for Thursday have been cancelled.
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"We were preparing for the celebrations and now this could turn out to be the worst train crash in many years."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23442018 |
2 years ago I posted this:
I followed that with these comments:
Time to revisit these questions?
The next story reverses the order - fatal accident leads to pilgrimages:
| Quote: | Pilgrims flock to Australian 'miracle house' with mysterious oil flowing down walls
Lina Tannous, the owner, said that the yellow oil started to appear in the bungalow shortly after Mike, their 17-year-old son died in a car accident in 2006.
Mrs Tannous and her husband George believe that oil has special healing qualities, including healing one woman's cancer.
Mike is a messenger between us and God," said Mrs Tannous, 39. "He has healed so many people."
The numbers of believers arriving at the house ballooned in the wake of last weekend's announcement by Pope Benedict XVI that Mary MacKillop, a nun who died in 1909, will become Australia's first saint.
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"Over the weekend we had people everywhere, we even had to close the street," said Mr Tannous.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/6865723/Pilgrims-flock-to-Australian-miracle-house-with-mysterious-oil-flowing-down-walls.html |
Any more stories like these? |
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| Pietro_Mercurios Heuristically Challenged
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| Posted: 29-07-2013 11:10 Post subject: |
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Are we going to have to have a thread on the high numbers of fatalities of children on school trips, as well?  |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
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| Posted: 29-07-2013 11:31 Post subject: |
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| Pietro_Mercurios wrote: | | Are we going to have to have a thread on the high numbers of fatalities of children on school trips, as well? |
Only if there's an ironic angle.  |
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| Pietro_Mercurios Heuristically Challenged
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| rynner2 wrote: | | Pietro_Mercurios wrote: | | Are we going to have to have a thread on the high numbers of fatalities of children on school trips, as well? |
Only if there's an ironic angle. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| I'm apply for an EU grant to open a bacon curing factory at Lourdes. |
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