11 Killed In Rail Smash
(N.Z.P.A .-Reuter—Copyright) NEW DELHI. March 8. Eleven persons died and 37 were injured when a passenger train and a goods train collided near Katihar, on the borders of West Bengal and Bihar, early today. The deputy-Minister of Indian Railways <Mr S. V. Ramaswamy) said in New Delhi that six bodies had so far been recovered from the wreckage. Five bodies were still trapped under the debris. Mr Ramaswamy said 11 of the 37 injured were in a serious condition.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29459, 10 March 1961, Page 26
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