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Memorial held for victims of Austrian cable car fire

SALZBURG, Austria - Prayers are said at a mass at a Salzburg church on Nov. 10 in memory of the 155 victims who were killed in the Nov. 11, 2000 fire inside a 3.2-kilometer funicular train tunnel through the 3.203-meter Mt. Kitzsteinhorn. About 300 people, including Shigeharu Maruyama, minister at the Japanese Embassy in Vienna, attended the mass sponsored by the Salzburg state government in central Austria.

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Austrian President Klestil speaks at memorial service

SALZBURG, Austria - Austrian President Thomas Klestil delivers a eulogy during a memorial service at a Salzburg cathedral Nov. 17 for the 155 victims of the Nov. 11 mountain-train fire. The 155 were killed in the blaze inside a 3.2-kilometer funicular tunnel through the 3,203-meter Mt. Kitzsteinhorn. The victims include 92 Austrians, 37 Germans, 10 Japanese, eight Americans and four Slovenians.

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Memorial service held for victims of Austria train fire

SALZBURG, Austria - Japanese mourners cry at a memorial service Nov. 17 for the 155 victims of the Nov. 11 mountain-train fire. The service was held at a Salzburg cathedral and drew victims' relatives and government dignitaries. The 155 were killed in the blaze inside a 3.2-kilometer funicular tunnel through the 3,203-meter Mt. Kitzsteinhorn. They include 92 Austrians, 37 Germans, 10 Japanese, eight Americans and four Slovenians.

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Postcards from Kaprun train fire victim arrive

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Postcards from Nao Deguchi, 13, believed to have perished in the fire inside Austria's Mt. Kitzsteinhorn funicular train tunnel at Kaprun on Nov. 11, were received by her relatives in Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 16. Nao visited Kaprun with her father and schoolmates.

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Memorial mass for train fire victims held in Kaprun

KAPRUN, Austria - Nobuko Deguchi (C), representing relatives of Japanese victims, offers flowers at a memorial service held at Kaprun on Nov. 15 for the 155 people killed in the fire inside the Mt. Kitzsteinhorn funicular train tunnel Nov. 11. Deguchi's husband Okihiko, a ski instructor from Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, and their 13-year-old daughter Nao are believed to have perished in the fire, along with 8 other Japanese.

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Relatives of 10 Japanese victims mourn before altar in Kaprun

KAPRUN, Austria - Relatives of the 10 Japanese victims in a train fire mourn in front of an altar in Kaprun, Austria, Nov. 15 for the 155 people killed in the disaster. The fire engulfed a two-car funicular train packed with skiers inside a 3.2-kilometer tunnel. The group was on its way up the 3,203-meter Mt. Kitzsteinhorn on Nov. 11. Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of all the victims.

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Tokyo travel agency hit with inquiries on Austrian train fire

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at a travel agency in Tokyo on Nov. 12 rush to respond to inquiries in the wake of a train fire in Austria in which 10 Japanese are feared to be among the dead. About 170 people were killed when a funicular train packed with youthful skiers caught fire in an Alpine tunnel in northern Austria on Nov. 11. The Japanese were on their way to Mt. Kitzsteinhorn via the train but it is uncertain whether they were actually aboard the train when the tragedy occurred.

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Bodies of 4 Japanese identified in Austrian alpine fire

TOKYO, Japan - Four of the bodies recovered following the Nov. 11 fire on an alpine funicular train in Austria were identified Nov. 22 as those of Japanese nationals. The bodies were identified as Okihiko Deguchi, 42; his daughter Nao, 13; (top left and right), Ayaka Katoono, 14; and Maki Sakakibara, 25. (bottom left and right). The four were among 10 Japanese skiers who perished in the fire. A total of 155 people died when a fire gutted the funicular train inside a 3.2-kilometer tunnel through Mt. Kitzsteinhorn.

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