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BIG TRAIN SMASH

SWEDISH DISASTER CONFUSION IN DARKNESS MANY KILLED AND HUET United Press, Association—By Electric T«l»- ---» eraph—Copyright. • (Received 123 rd June, 8 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, 22nd June. A shocking disaster occurred to tho night express at Bolnaes, 200 miles north of Stockholm. Owing to a wrong signal the express • dashed into an auxiliary engine: The ■ three front coaches were derailed- and set on fire, and both tho locomotives were smashed. There was terrible confusion in the darkness. Nine bodies and 35 badly injured people have already been extricated, but it is feared the casualties will be much heavier, and probably will include some foreign tourists.

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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 9

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BIG TRAIN SMASH Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 9

BIG TRAIN SMASH Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 9