MARSEILLES EXPRESS DERAILED
EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED
(United Press Association—By Electric Teldgraph—CopyrightJ
(Received 2nd June, 9.45 a.m.) PARIS, Ist June. At Montreau eight people were killed and 13 injured when the Marseilles express was derailed, the four leading coaches being smashed to pieces. Rescuers were obliged to saw through the metal roofs to extricate the bodies.
The disaster was caused by a small truck, which the Minister of Public Works, after an inquiry considers was deliberately placed on the line, derailment occurred when the express was travelling at 50 miles an hour.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 2 June 1930, Page 5
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