Bombed Railway Station by Mistake
LONDON, July 24. Mistaking Challcrange railway station, in tho Department of Ardennes, Prance, for a protended hostile camp, an aeroplane engaged in manoeuvres dropped four bombs on it. One exploded outside the stationmaster’s office, another narrowly missed a train, and a third wrecked a line. The station was heavily damaged (reports the Paris correspondent of the Manchester Guardian).
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6620, 5 August 1931, Page 8
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63Bombed Railway Station by Mistake Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6620, 5 August 1931, Page 8
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