FATAL SMASH
11 KILLED, 9 INJURED LEVEL CROSSING FATALITY. CROWDED ’BUS CRASHES INTO TRAIN. (United Press Association—By CableCopyright.) (Received 10, 11.45 a.m.) Belgrade, Dec. 9. In dense fog a crowded motor ’bus trashed at full speed into a train at a level crossiiig in the village of Levetz. The terrific impact flung up portion, of the coach-work, and the bodies of two passenge s who were killed instantly remained entangled in telegraph wires. Eleven persons, including six women, were killed and nine seriously injured. The railway engine carried the motor ’bus 200 yards.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 306, 10 December 1931, Page 7
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93FATAL SMASH Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 306, 10 December 1931, Page 7
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