EXPRESS DERAILED.
MANY KILLED IN INDIA. LONDON, July 18. A report from Patna, India, states that it is believed 119 were killed and 80 injured when the PunjabHowrali express was derailed near the Nihta station. The engine and three coaches were flung down an embankment. The Patna correspondent of the Daily Mail earlier said it had been officially announced that 80 were killed and 65 injured. All the victims were Indians. Turned up rails suggest that the disaster was due to sabotage.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 195, 19 July 1937, Page 7
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