POLITICAL FOUL PLAY.
TRAIN WRECK IN RUSSIA. MANY PERSONS KILLED. A'., and N:Z: MOSCOW, May 1L Political foul play is alleged in connection with the derailment, in the neighbourhood of Odessa, of a new train dedicated to Lenin, whose portrait adorned the locomotive. The train was on its maiden run from Moscow. . Many persons were killed and injured, and the train was smashed. The rails had apparently been torn up. . ' ■ It is officially admitted that the disaster f was deliberately ' engineered. It is believed to have been aimed at the lives of certain members of the Soviet wht> were aboard the train. Their names are not stated. The total number of casualties is not given.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 9
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