EXPRESS WRECKED
RAILS DELIBERATELY REMOVED. ONLY ONE FATALITY. (United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright.) Vienna, April 10. The international express from Vienna to Paris was wrecked near Linz. The rails had been deliberately removed for 30 feet. The engine and two mail-vans were overturned and a sleeper derailed. A fireman was killed and six mail sorters were seriously injured. There were two previous wrecking attempts in the same neighbourhood during the last two years, but both were discovered in time.
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Southland Times, Issue 22297, 12 April 1934, Page 7
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