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Thursday, September 23,1993
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An Amtrak train jogged the tracks on a bridge and plunged into a foggy bayou before daybreak yesterday, trapping passengers in a submerged car and killing at least 43 people, authorities said.
Ten others were missing, said Coast Guard Petty Officer David Schmidt.
All three engines and four of the eight cars or Amtrak's Sunset Limited, on its way from Los Angeles to Miami, derailed just after 3 a.m. in a remote, swampy area on the northern outskirts of Mobile, Ala., Amtrak representative Clifford Black said in Washington. Two of the derailed cars were passenger cars, including one that was entirely submerged.
It was the deadliest crash in the history of Amtrak, which was created in 1970 to run the nation's long-distance passenger trains. Sixteen people were killed Jan. 4, 1987, in an Amtrak crash in Chase, Md.
Survivors in the cars that stayed on the bridge reported that a fire that erupted from the derailed engine and the collapsed bridge had hampered their efforts to save other passengers.
"It's conceivable today's catastrophic accident could eclipse the number of fatalities for our entire 22-year history." Black said. He said 48 people had died in Amtrak crashes before yesterday.
The cause of the accident was not known, Black said, and he did not want to speculate.
THE NEWS in brief
MOSCOW Yeltsin gains army's support
Russian President Boris Yeltsin's bid to control Russia gained strength yesterday, buoyed by support from the Russian army and cheering crowds. His hard-line opposition sat barricaded in parliament, struggling on how to respond.
Bonfires burned for a second night outside the Russian parliament building yesterday, where as many as 5,000 anti-Yeltsin demonstrators ringed the building to protest his suspension of parliament Tuesday.
Yeltsin told the crowd he would avoid bloodshed. "We would not like and do not intend to use any force," he said.
Hundreds of people applauded and shouted "We support you!" when Yeltsin and his military commanders made an impromptu visit to Moscow's downtown Pushkin Square.
Defense Minister Pavel Grachev said the military "unequivocally supports the president as commander-in-chief."
JERUSALEM Army says shelling a mistake
The Israeli army dismissed reports that a Katyusha rocket was fired on northern Israel from Lebanon yesterday and raised the possibility that the rocket was mistakenly from a nearby army base.
The army statement came several hours after Israel radio and residents in the border town of Kiryat Shmona reported that a rocket had landed near
by. No damage or injuries were reported.
"No Katusha was fired into Israeli territory," the army said in a statement.
Radio reports said that mortar shells had been found in the area and that the army was determining whether they had been fired from Israel or Lebanon.
WASHINGTON Federal flood aid to increase
President Clinton set a new standard for disaster relief yesterday to ensure that the nine Midwestern states damaged by summer flooding qualify for additional federal aid.
Under the new standard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse the states for 90 percent of eligible disaster costs rather than 75 percent.
Clinton earlier had announced that FEMA would pay 90 percent of disaster costs in states where flood damage totaled at least $64 a person. But as of last week, none of the nine Midwestern states had met that standard, and most did not expect to attain it.
The new, more generous standard applies to FEMA disaster aid for public and non-profit properties such as streets, universities, utilities and government buildings.
Compiled from The Associated Press.
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