15 Die In Rail Wreck
(Rec. 11.45 p.m.) OAXACA '(Mexico), June 2. Fifteen persons were reported dead when the engine and two passenger coaches of an overnight train to Mexico City jumped the tracks and smashed into the side of a hill on Saturday night. Army authorities helping in the rescue said 15 died in the accident and 57 were injured, some gravely. The accident occurred on a curve 74 miles north-west of Oaxaca and 197 miles from Mexico City.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28010, 3 July 1956, Page 13
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