OVER FIFTY DEAD.
Tram Plunges Into Eiyer Over Drawbridge. ONLY FIVE STJEVIVOSS. BUEXOS AYEES. July 13. A sliocking disaster ocr-urred in Buenos Ayres yesterday. A tramcar, in which there were '52 workmen and a number of other passengers, fell through a drawbridge which was open to permit a vessel to pass on the Eiaehuelo Channel, one of the main, entrances to the docks. Divers have recovered 4S bodies. Only five people are believed to have been rescued.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 164, 14 July 1930, Page 7
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77OVER FIFTY DEAD. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 164, 14 July 1930, Page 7
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