UNUSUAL ACCIDENT.
IRON BAR STRIKES TRAIN. -J. ' " i FIVE PASSENGERS DEAD. A. and N.Z. ROME. Aug. 19. A strange fatal railway accident occurred to the Milan express at Castellanza.,, : ... Owing to the heat mapy passengers were leaning out of the windows to enjoy the breeze. When a ' goods train was passing an iron-bar suddenly protruded from a loaded truck and swept the crowded windows, injuring the passengers' heads' and arms so badly that five succumbed.. Many were. sent, to hospital.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19412, 21 August 1926, Page 11
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