DUE TO SABOTAGE
SMASH ON EAST INDIAN RAILWAYS EIGHTEEN PEOPLE KILLED (United Service.) Calcutta, July 9. .The most serious accident in recent years on the East Indian Railways occurred last night, eight miles outside Howrah. Already thirteen arfe dead, and thirty-two are injured. The cause of the accident was the derailment of the engine near it culvert, resulting in the front brake van and two passenger carriages being telescoped. The ideality is within the strike area, and the theory that it was the work of strikers is being examined, Delhi, July 9. The train smash was due to sabotage, which was definitely proved, as 120 to 130 feet of rails had been removed. The revised casualties number 18 dead and 32 injured, all Indians. ■ ■ ■ ■' ; • • STRIKERS TO RESUME “TO PREPARE FOR BIGGER FIGHT” (United Service.) Calcutta, July 9. At a meeting of the LlllOah strikers to-day, Mitra, the strike leader, advised an unconditional resumption of work, saying: “We have no funds, and must return to prepare for a bigger fight.” . „ . . The men have been drifting back fgf Some time. : ' ' ■
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 240, 11 July 1928, Page 11
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178DUE TO SABOTAGE Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 240, 11 July 1928, Page 11
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