The journalists who rushed to the scene managed to jot down the names of about a dozen—the VIPs (there were three members of parliament on the train that day, which was a factor in the disaster) and a couple of servants.
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Some of the girls were hired as servants in the homes of higher-status Burghers, though Rustin refused on principle to consider it.
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