NARROW ESCAPE
TRAIN BOUND FOR SDILA
FALL OVER EMBANKMENT, (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Beceived 9th July, 2 p.m.) CALCUTTA, Bth July. An engine and thice crowded coaches of a train on the mountain railway proceeding to Simla, the summer capital of the Government of India, narrowly escaped disaster when it plunged over an. embankment 2000 ft up, and was luckilystopped by large boulders after falling 100 ft. Nineteen people wore injured, five seriously.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1931, Page 10
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74NARROW ESCAPE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1931, Page 10
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