TRAIN ROBBERY
AUSTRALIAN SENSATION BANDITS SECURE £4500 (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press A&fii.) (Received April 9, 11. a.m.) SYDNEY,. April 9. The most desperate and sensational train robbery in the history of Australia occurred late last night, near Glenbrook station, on the Blue Mountain line. ... Two masked armed men held up. the guard and escort in the mail van of the Mudgee express, rifled the mails, and decamped with £4500. The guard, E. Scmires, was knocked senseless, and while one of the bandits held the escort at bay the other ransacked the mail bags and bundles until he discovered the bag containing the money. The robbers then held the guard and escort until the express slowed down near a tunnel. Running to the door of the van the men leaped into the darkness with their haul and disappeared in the bush. The whole affair had been carefully planned. The train was just leaving Emu Plains when the bandits jumped aboard. ... '. . Urjon arrival of the express at Glenbrook every mountain police station was informed, and an intensive search is now in operation. Squires, who is badly hurt, and the escort, are uua'ble to give a description of the men's faces, so well were they masked.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 7
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203TRAIN ROBBERY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 7
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