SIMPLON TUNNEL BLOCKED.
AN UNDERGROUND STREAM. SWEEPS AWAY THE RAILS. i Climes and ?vdnpv Sun Services.) BERNE, July S. The Simplun tunnel, which penetrates the Alps, was blocked by the derailment of a train. The mishap was caused by thp overflow of a. subterranean lake, the waters of which swept away the rails in the middle of the tunnel. Exprevse- were kept waiting at both ends of the tunnel hy the blockage. The wealthier travellers by the delayed expresses travelled throujru ihe Siraplon Pa?R by motor-cars.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 162, 9 July 1914, Page 5
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