SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH
JAPANESE ON TRAIN BLAZING CELLULOID FIRED BY CIGARETTE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Ureas Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 29, 1 p.m.) TOKIO, Dee. 28. A burning cigarette butt is believed to have ignited a consignment of celluloid toys aboard a train which was set On fire near Moji. Seven people were burned to death and 35 were injured. Two carriages were burnt out completely.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19519, 29 December 1937, Page 6
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65SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19519, 29 December 1937, Page 6
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