Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1914

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A LARHE SCHEME.

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BY .. Q.T....

It is wit h no
iOlpo rt ~ lI ce

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sco urge of co ns umphon

that we 8Uij:.
th "t th e Rendlllg Town ' CouilliIl:~"
I II Ot. cOJn ilJi t i tse lf to a. big scheIn',
!O n llllto r i uDl
wit.hout proper eon .. '
I ill !l.
It. wa s neve r contemplated ,:
t h e JlI s LLra n (.-e A('t Iw ne

be

put

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to

to pr ov ido accommodation
trc "tJJ1c lI ~ of consumptives. That
(-'(J llic fro lll' the Stnte. It was thO:"f

fim·"la ss hote l•. "

to

provide

to

are-

di ~l' 0 " cr i ng lh f\ t. i ll add it ion
wha.t:
ll<\\,(~ to pay in ind iv idual
:contribu... ~
s Wl'~' h l y, 86 e mploye rs and e~ployed ~ ,-

t , if !H' rS Olls u ll(l e r th e Act! . It i6 un- ,

dl:\l I-tllll!ic ipnl ities sh ould have fre sh
(" ':Istall d " inftic fc d
upon them
tl l(' i r liBb-i litie s b e in g clearly and d",fi u.' d wh e ll th e le g jelntion is
! )-: - Ihr0L1~ h P l\rli a mc nt.
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h llt lt

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i: i~ Sug gcJoite u in some _ quarters
till" t.;n" 1l shl/u lli provide a sanatorium :
:1"' 1l1.11!\· H ~ W llJl,tie ni s , -Bnd that t.e.my ~l ro"i<on should b e I!iade for 'thie- ,
brg ~ > n umbe r_
a I S true that
( ;o\'('rnmC" llt wO ll l d find n. c.crt a in pro-

lit· tre:ltm(' nt of

('ol1Rnmntion , fo r a
Ilurse have b een ...
di ~JI~ n -';a r .v
will fO hortly be

P ete r

Churn,

fights

p.

f"u~ h\ .idc hy Ri ,le wit.h Mr. W .
k ! · n:l. i ,~ ngain~t t. h~ silt ing l\l em bers~­
. (j, .1. ~ h a w T...e Ff' vr c ( II O W Lo rd Ever&.--

a nd flO

the

jnevi~ab l e

at 83, 'C atberine

tra in to 'Vindso r

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a ls-o

ed. Some three or', four cwt.
fell .,; di6tance of 4Q'''or 50 feet, but luck.
ily 'n o one wa.s vas sing at the time.
U,,,".PI'TAL DOCTORS AND NUJt'SES
ARRIVE.
In reeponee

the . Express; (2), The
Da~ly '
WindsQ! Train.

The engj ne of th~ ~x.preeej

a standetill , &nd toppled ovt!r & complete
.. lid awful ' wreck. She look,d like a pile
Qf sc rap iron.

The ooa-ch c8,

which

ha~

been stripped ·and severely damaged ' by
coming in conta ct with th e derailed .en'g ine
of the Windsor train, left the metal5,. ~a
wheels 01 oOl"e of the eon.ches being. torn
away, ' nl1d' the permanent way wa& n pic."

far m, but objection .

in ('.r- rt ni n C'], ua n e rs, nnd the

z.igzagging over the line, a.nd 'finally

over. Tne ambulance was at once re~

"U'D""-VU~", ~nd all . tbe sinli!e corultabloo
the
called up, and :ordered to go
to the OCene of the accident. D.SJ. Wal·

ters- \Vas the Brut ofti~iAl .on the spot., and

he at once mad.e., for th'l overturn~<l ex·
pre86. His .. earB were . 'Attra.etetj by ' the
. At once there was . rush of railway patbetic sound. of children emng, and he
offici.ls and the public tp ·t he 6POt, for the clamoured into ~ the train, not knowing

lllniority of. the town con ncil then ,decided

M r_ At t~ nborough,.
-b acked lip hy the ., C hro n icle," 8trenubtl!~Jy QP!llk'5ed t he 11r opofin L I II e xp lo.ining
l l i ti !,Hlsi t io n on o ll e ' OCC I'l S i O Il , fo rty ye ars.
ng0. he , ,,id :-" I regret to say ~hat the'··
cb.l)ic(l W(1.t:i nn 111juuicio U9 o n e in e very
r€'s p.:ct alld fro m every p o int of vie w--:
F a rm .-

ture of d CBtruction_

cscuping ste am fro ni the

.

Woree steJ:

ex- whether th~y w'e re crying fioin injUl'ies-'_or,

pre .. !let up such. heart,rending . wail that fear. He nat'lrally expeo~d to lind .ilead
p.eople were Qr maimed bOaies. · and .WaB intensely ~­
lieved when he , disCOvered · that the first
coach wli~' I)roccul1ied. ',He 8OOn · camq
acroos the . cliildren, who, with two ~·ulill.
w'e l" huddled up in " carriage in .. etste of

for a. long distance - a.round

ma.de aware that something serioUB had oc·
curred. While offic;als . and otherd looked
~fter the paseengers othe)'s set · ..bout tb.
difficult tBBk of removlOg the dnver a.nd

fro m " mo uctarv point uf view and . i.n
C\'ery wny p<)5 ",i bl c. 'l'hat eteD alone has.
c~t· .'' -OU. t ha ratepayers
of R e Rding, .
£lOO.()OO il]i i~ hns cost, you a sbilling.

tQ

an

urgent

telephone

message ' to the ellcet that · it woo feared

tor A.oout 150 yard s , and a.t lellgth came to

I t m ay b e re me mbered by
t. h:\ t o rigin n. ll y n ,s ite near Lower
w<1.5 .cl~ctetl <1.5 the posi ti on fot

into I Va.atern Roa.el, ..,he n

nllT',"il.M'

terribl y damagjld as she was, tr"avelled on
fi6 S 0 -

111'81 was Dr. Deane, and. others who were :
<fUickly in ..t~enaance we,..,. Dr. Joyce, ..
Dr, Prioe, Dr, Abram, Dr. Grant (Royal :,
Berks H08pite;I), Dr. Buter, Qr. Holden,
Dr. Ranking, Dr. Guildinll a.nd Dr. Ritson. ,

many persons were j injured _. tpe

' DET,AlLSOF ITHE DAMAGE.

EYE-WITN.F:SSES'
STORIES.'
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ENGINE HtJRLED OUT OF THE WA.Y,
". I ' kn~w tMre Was going to be- ..n,"
a.ccident,'! ·said . MI:, C. A.. ThompeoD, . _
London solicitor. wbo wa.s on the plBtform to a .. Chronic!e .f . man .. wben I
RaW 'the Windsor tra.iJi ma.kin~ for th,,!'
points.
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The mighty enlline of the e"'pre .. , pr...
sented the 6pectacle 01 a total wreck.

The near side cylinders were all smaehed

to D.ice"". The bogey WaB . ly.ing a " few
"yards away, h&ving been wrenched clean .
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off. The funnel WlIS snapped off.
. Tbe permanent way Willi torn up for •
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1Il1prnpf"'r 111.... te Ml

of B l'rop er ei:,e. They. '
w{; uid nul giy~ m e wh a t I nl'ike d "for the
lalld. iJut th ~ y ~ p e ll t.£25, OOO . in law ami
n (o \".- I he y h a ... e got to give me more Ulan

It i.. " " ery 5eFiou6 Bubject, and

I "'hod.

I cn llll o t In.u c:h nt it; 8 S it c os t m e two
~'~:1ni of i n t~ll se anxi-ety, it. lias east _the
o. Jm uv.h m o n f' ~· .. a nd m e a sau di s Bppoint--ul(' nl." ~r r_ ' A tte nh oro u gh'6 ntt :tude hM
ce r l a i llly be en I jUl~ti fi ed ' b y t im-e.

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THE TI ;\ JLWAY SMASH.
T he

11I()At

ln iracu io tls I e-tl. hlre of the rail",

\"'a~ slIla , h fi l R endi ng oli \V ed ne sd a y was
t h e fjlll~ 1I los9 o f lif e. O ne shudders to
thi!lk w1mi. wou l d have been the conse (lU c- nr-c·t) Jlnd t he \Vindsor tr8in got w ell
O\" C' I' Oi l to th e ma.!n lin e. There must, it

in ("Nl:.iu . have been terr ible des truction
or life,
-!ll tI !-:.o0 1"

An it WM, o nl y th e engiue of the'
lr a. !ll g o t l ut o c o!li sioD with the

\\. ,'TI·,te r

exp ress.

The

fate

of

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tho

JX.; \\-(· rfu L "'·o n "_€tJt..er e ng ine. _reduced . al ..
mo,... l to SoCT n p i r o n. W M p a the tic in its
co mpl ~: t<: n c s9.
That. _ a ft er travelli ng at

the "p eCU of 50 mil es .n h our , it should
ha ve l OPllle d ov er wit.h o ut c arrying Us
human frei gh t ove r t he e mbn.n kment or
a Olle ot h e r i njur y t o li fe a.nd l imb is ono

of th o.o extr ao rdinary escapeoo which will
alwlLvs !)U 7.z 1e a.ll wh o ,c;nw its m ass ive and
d e.-<)iale hul k. Tha t Readinll wa.s stirred
b l' lh p aec:dc nt is but a fe eble way
r .Xpl''\.~,,:j ng i t .
'~' h e _ t ow n .has beep 8,0

.ot

i nll 11u l1t:' f r o m a ccl d ent of thh' ~IB OT t ttiat l$
wa s t he last t h ing wh ich would occur to
a.nyolle in ·t h o tow n.
P e rhaps '\ out ()f

wu

' d "mr.ge a nd loss " ood may come il It
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u" ub t co nsidered t hat everything had
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been Qo,;e at R cnd inK to e nsur~
'or n uman life. But the ""el.
dent h "s ehow n that there are P06si\>iliti"';
w h ich h av e to b e guarded aga.inst, an~
we a.re .s ure that nothin g ~i~l b e tackin~

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on the pa rt of that· ente:rpn" ng ape! 00 .<
sider~te compan y, the Great Western, '!!'
see t hat any nd ditional sllfeguards nc~~
~ary I\re igstal\ed without delay_

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Royal

Berkshire Hoe!lital ~nt every available .
doctor aDd nurse to 'altend 1<> th.) niu~ed, .
and also the two I borae ambulanoeB in
which to convey the injured. The nurses
and doctol"8 . were promptly M thCl l!IC~ne,
'a nd though the feah. contained in . ilia
message were fortu'lately' not re ..lI"ed they
we~e abl., to r~naer va.luable ••• i6tanc ...

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That is the e ff ect "im ply of selecting a.n

by

wllich fell froni .the t"ender of the

eno ugh, nam ed ,. R ead ing " ), .was derailed
OV€ r.

all

r.em.,rk~b~ ·tha't no one was injured .,

curiously

was ,

~arriageB~

ofthe e~pre8s overturned within halLn yard
the emb', mkment leadin/( down to t b ~
of the South .EBBterrr Railway. Had
'loppled down ·thie emlia,.,kjlle nt
conBequenoea might haye
least to , property. It ·is also.

occurred. -- Happily,

(which

ne w

was attended with fa.r leM serious reenlts
tha.n might have been expected. The -engino "

the impact wne severe. The' eng inc' on the

!lo r F nr m.

.M a llo r

collision

or

of which had steel under·bodies,
In othe-r - r eRpects,- top, the accident

-I n.s t • . as it had only ju s t 6tarted , but still

teo \\ illl tll!\t lIl ost u n Fo rtuna.to j n v c.s t~
li t o f t h e Read ing . T own
Counci l,

Qn

r eside.

press- wa.s mIMe up

the train to Wind sor was not . paing very

Gnd f-ell

I"~i~c d

of the f~rty p~8senger8 of_ffie 'exPN sEi

in the 1 1aI~w train ! ,vould nave -'E6caped:'
while It",_ , yery probahle tb ..£ fire -would
liRV.~ · ad<r"ed its r(H'age-.- .to . . the? <lelJ~Kle.
That there shou~d have "en so litt1<\,·I"",,· ..
of life is one of the niQst ·· marvellous
features of the accident.
One reason for the ' Absence -of in..juries ill sa.id ' to have been that ·tlu; ex,

at

Geo rgc P almer.

Rea d!ll~ H~ \)'€ rllge

who

tra.ios
is obvious
the escape
of the•.

been a wl:rible loss of . ljfe.
woul~ . have
Ihu)l~ed
obetscle. ,th" carriage. would
been ' tel • • cone.I, and doiibtl.",j~' ·.l' ry

off just at the time that the , Worcester
fiXpretl B was ' coming through:. . The two
engin ... m<>t on ·the · main lin<>, . and the

c n lm r o ugl " but h e had no chanco

was

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insteo.d of only the cn£inc the r6

A a oec io.l train hom Taunbonj;o ' Windsor
wa. 5tandillg
.the pla.ttorm l An d started

th e "ietmy migh t h ave bee n ' on thl)
On t h e d ec e a se o(Jr S ir ' F.
i,l, Lhe sc",l w as nll"in con teste d by

Atl e n oo r o ugh'6 na m e

1.~;~~~:'~:~~:~~~l~~W~i!86 got a.eross on to the

line pl atform at nb out fifty miles aD hour.

ull ce r t aln wna the
Ol1oP- t ime in the d,ay .

t< : df"'_

Mr_

Â¥IRACUL01;TS ESCAPES.

p r ess to Pndd in gton ~ whi c h does not
nt Rea.ding, w us ' going through the

t til e Libcrals thought they had lQ.3t it,
\\<1"'; ~r ll e r;J haumit te d that had the
: ~1 i \'Q (l rgll ll'isa lio ll been hett.~r and ,
t h e r€gi !:lt<> r b ~ e n p r o p e rl y looked _ _ .

~l r.

Marlborough

"fter the 'Com.i on, and will ,be
to
give hiB own Bto ry at the" proper
T he story of the .accid ent is
.lescribed. It ~ppel\rB thllt ihe, Wof<]ee·te,' •.
J{jddermin~ t.er, and

I II l B'i4 Mr, Att e n bo r o ugh,

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DEAD.
Young, 59 , 34,

Street, Re ading , WlIo!il n,ble to .wnlk homoC'

beha lf of {he Conser v"t ive party in

(,f th e bat tiC' at

. ~~~ ~:of .l.he

tiLa te d t hn t t he line W8J'I clea.r for · the e x~
press and not for th e Windsor train. ·T he.
dri ve r of the Wind sor
trai n ,
Richard

'mallY ye:n s look in the life of Reading,

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wij.h rem'Hbb1e

A" to the cause of the collision . thiB
mu"t bo klft te the Bo.rd of Trade in·
qu ir y Rnd th e inqu ~ 6 t.
It is, h o wever,

it-h ard A t wll b o:o ugh . form c rl:r o f \Vhit(j nwe, Read ll1,g, at t he a~ o of 84 , r e·
the i ll t€ r eF:t w h ich M r _ Atte nborough

. II-. tt

found nece88'1ry to ·. cpnv~ , a"j of
PlI£8&ogets to th~~ Royal. Berkii_ ~0~P'1l~1U;.1
but· ~heY l were treaf,OO·.eitb<lr·'in the
roohi on lhe platforin ~. tile sigilal room,
eloSe. by' the , scene ."of. ~ ... cci.~ent. ·
Many medicM
...ere:·on ·the scene

T HE CAUSE OF THE COLLISION.

lI!r.

was ,

bOur'.

B c rk~hirc H ospital within 'tw-cn ty minutes
o f ndrlli~ io n. H is fnce W.:le
diBfigurcd
almos t b eyond r ecognitio n . while hiB l egs
and body were ~scve re Jy f:lc al de d~

OLD A SSOC IA~ ON.
T11-~ 1l 1l!l;O Ull c -em c n t ' r th e d eath of Mrs.·

Th! 6

She was attended to by ' Dr.

,p..rice, &nd was conveyed 01) an., 'ambtil&nce
]>1. the 12.8 tro.in;to Ox(Ord. ·, It was not

ville Coll ege, Oxford, passenge r by the
ex pr ess, s'Drained ankle, '
Young d 'ed in the surgery of the Royal

h;, t

h.:> ad <.>q ua i.e,
i t i ; nCcefisary, ' to :
-,\ il ll (·allt io n. Th e R e.'Hling Corpora- ;
I d e a lt wit h
the !)r o blc m o f phth isis \
1'" il. was t ll ke l1 u p
by a ny Gov.e rn-' ,
tl· pa r t rr. (, Ht , a nd we c an 5n Fc Jy le ave
\\ it h ~ h,-'nl_

- first <>lel't imi in R (,[t di n ~ u n d ~ r

t?Jl~ l of .J.he :trai n _and was ,8itt~ng upon ~nf~

. 8)eeper&,

Wi l1dsor tr ~\in, 51, C avcrsham Rond~
·Rc!l.o ing, Co:1I1 c IlM ion ,and .scalp wound.
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Fra n cis W hoo ie I', 27, _ fi~e.llia.n Qf the
' ex-pres.", 43 J Fri a r Street, '-Oxford, fwnlp
W OU Jld a nd g en eral bru ises.
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T he , H OIl . Alice . Bruce, . , q! 60mer-

hOll.nt from tbe tre"t melt t.
Th e pr<r
'" " \'.lt ir lt the co r no ra li on should make

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On(' ml\ ~' admire the .
hu .. i:!.<; m of t ho U e:Hi i ll g
Insura nce
m;tt.".... a nd yet Bugges L to the m that
lh.'('t.~Ss a.ry t o loo k n..t th :5 q ue6tion all
ld . fr('lf11 t"l! p VO: Il t. of v iew of th ose woo
\;:> 1-0 IH~~' lit! w~ ll as o f tho se 'wh o hope

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INJUltED.
Willi am Derman, ' 21, fir eman of the

n: i'l1 ; I1l1l'po:,es.

B nrt. ,

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S t r eet , Oxford , the drive r of the -express .

. Ig . ,d . n
r~''' . 1. nnd pbns arc in preparation for
lit c'l dal for nUi":l llccd cases and obser-

) HIHI Si r F r ll l1(: i~ G old sm id J
,flr ·ft"' :lt('c l h I,' J:l!J \"ui<'s _

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Happily., it WIUI found that none .of the
pllllBengers 1" ,the expre8S .were" bailly 'burt."
'l'he- Boil. Alice ' Bruce,' of SOmetviJle r
C<)llege, O~ord, W:l6 . 6u,ff~rIng : f.I'?m, &
fractUNd .a.Dkle. She WM w"Jkmg Mong
.tlle i corridor, )oed the next thing slie. di&<;oy"r'ed w as tljat she ..Jiad be'e~ : tbro~ '

An excul'6i on train from Taunt()n to

·n ·ll l, I.,,: ,; {lffi~ c r an d

bort,ugh .

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Wi nd s"o r in ·c o nn ect.ion with the Ascot
R aces.
.
'j'hc cas ua lties we re a s f ollow6 :-

ti l,,,1 lIa ,.· (,([ell pro.ed ver y cos tly , in
'1':, 0-1 _ I L mll!:: t b e r e me mb ere d that
i:, IIII I\' Oll~ it . '. m o r t he e xp cmd;ture

d l' ill' l:c al n rl v hi€. t wo exce llen t

1~~~~;E~~l~i:f=~~t

J

'. LAD~ ' ~ FRACTURED ,ANKLE.

sp ectacle of wre ck age that no one who
ga in ed access t~ the lin e is like ]y ever to
forget th e sigh t which met his gaze.
The 'I 'trainiJ illvo~ved were:The '9:' o'clock ex press fror:rt W orces·
ter, due at Pudd ington at 11 .50.

it'll ni t ; l ~ C{)s t , but mak ing allown.nco
ti ll ' th e r~ "o uld be a big bill ~ roo~ •.
il~ \ ,' ry n ec es.~- Po r y th:\ t in
t h is matter
~ " lll1{i l !-.lio ul d deal with t h e problem
11 wh .. l e . " nd 1l(l t. pi ecc m e n.l~ tho latter

of

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Ctlfil y Imy!} chnra.c ter i.ed it , " but the
Scene of the disaster presellrNI such a

F OR 65 BEDS.

wid ow

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'on for a.bout 150 yardB . a.nd the n o ~er:
turned . F o rtullate ly th e nccid e nt WB..9 n-ot
atw ndcd by heavy loss of life , wh.ich mi gbt

rd "-' II ~

irlta rd , At tenborollg l -:-

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d ered throusb th e at'ation, catehin)!
cngine of the special to Windsor. ";l."cb ha.d
just left the platform. sideways and;
hurling the e ngine out of t.he . waYJ

en-

Ht

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trav-elllng at fifty miles an

"I", ill the furm of taxe8, th"
II re aloo
b;,i ll g considerabry
iI ,·.1 " l ~l n to pr ovide fo r I the .treat-

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Readin'g was deeply .tirreu on W;ednes·
day by .. seriollB ' and destructive
co!lisi<>n, tbe like of which is happily very
rare .in this district. An express trail!,

Ithe':"

The ratep ..yers

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~QUES'r
OPENED.
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t'X )Jt.' Il BC

to
OH·;"lltllcnt wh ich WlI.S

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EYE~Wrr~ES~ES'.

introduoed

s h ould

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WONU~RFI!~ES9A:P.

i ";tCn ~ioll of miDimi~l.tlR .. J ....
of deahng properly wltli · "

nl u nici p a liti(>s

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