EXPRESS DERAILED
MISHAP IN FRANCE FIFTEEN BODIES RECOVERED SIX COACHES LEAVE KAILS. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 1.45 p.m. to-day. PARIS, Oct. 29. Travelling down a gradient at 60 miles an hour the Geneva-Bordeaux express, drawn by two engines, was derailed near Pericueux. The engines overturned and six coaches left the rails. The leading coach telescoped. Fifteen bodies, including both en-gine-drivers, have been recovered. The injured exceed 30.
The accident is believed to have been caused by an obstruction on the line.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 30 October 1930, Page 9
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