SABOTAGE IN THE IRISH RAIL STRIKE.—A "strike" train, the Great Northern Express from Dublin to Belfast, a small train operated by a volunteer crew, was derailed while travelling at high speed at Dromiskin, in the Free State, on February 1, the smash being attributed to the removal of rails. The engine and two coache* toppled 20 feet down an embankment. The guard of the train and a passenger lost their lives.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 58, 10 March 1933, Page 5
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71SABOTAGE IN THE IRISH RAIL STRIKE.—A "strike" train, the Great Northern Express from Dublin to Belfast, a small train operated by a volunteer crew, was derailed while travelling at high speed at Dromiskin, in the Free State, on February 1, the smash being attributed to the removal of rails. The engine and two coache* toppled 20 feet down an embankment. The guard of the train and a passenger lost their lives. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 58, 10 March 1933, Page 5
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