GERMAN TRAIN DISASTER
TWENTY-TWO DEAD; 16 INJURED. BELIEVED TO BE SABOTAGE. Bi Telegraph—Press Assn —Copyright. Australian Press Association. United Service. Berlin, June 10. The Munich-Frankfurt express was derailed early this r| ruing. Twenty-two were killed and 16 injured. The crowded train was rounding a curve at 50 miles an hour, close to the small station of Siegelesdorf, near Nuremburg. The engine plunged over an embankment and the carriages piled up at the bottom. Many were killed outright and others were scalded to death by steam from the locomotives. Received June 11, 7.15 p.m. United Service. Berlin, June 10. It is believed the express train disaster was due to sabotage.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1928, Page 9
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