PLUNGE INTO SEA
EXPRESS TRAIN DISASTER RAILS TAMPERED WITH lElec. Tel. Copyrigiu—-United Press Assn.) TDK 10, Nov. 6. An express train from Osaka to Amori was derailed in the darkness this morning. The locomotive and passenger coaches plunged into the sea over a 100 ft cliff and several were killed and many injured. An investigation revealed that the rails had been tampered with, bolts and spikes being removed. Fortunately, the couplings broke, saving the remaining coaches.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17410, 7 November 1930, Page 7
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