Norway train crash is now probably the worst in their history, 33 likely dead and 67 injured (out of 100 passengers and staff on the two passenger trains which collided head-on and then went on fire).

Officials were quoted as saying that there was "no sign that the millennium bug was the cause". (What sign would you expect? Yeti tracks in the snow?)

-- Risteard Mac Thomais (uachtaran@ireland.com), January 05, 2000

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Worst in history? How old are you? Hundreds have been killed in individual wrecks, many times in history. Youth knows no history.

-- goldbug (goldbug@mint.com), January 05, 2000.

Read Goldbug or are you not able to?

Norway train crash is now probably the worst in their history

It say's in THEIR history.

-- RickJohn (rickjohn1@yahoo.com), January 05, 2000.

goldreal - Please read more carefully.

I said "the worst (train crash) in THEIR (ie Norway's) history". (This is the assessment from the Norwegian authorities, not mine).

And for your information, I am unfortunately old and grey (not telling my age, but I was alive when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, which I agree was rather worse a disaster than the latest train crash!)

-- Risteard Mac Thomais (uachtaran@ireland.com), January 05, 2000.

Apologies, goldbug for calling you goldreal, whom I believe is a different poster.

-- Risteard Mac Thomais (uachtaran@ireland.com), January 05, 2000.