TRAIN’S TERRIBLE PLUNGE
SIXTEEN PERSONS KILLED BRIDGE WEAKENED BY STORM CAB WHOLLY SUBMERGED By Telegraph— Press Assn. — Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received July 19, 8.25 p.m. Sun Cable. New York, July 18. Sixteen persons were killed when a west-bound Rock Island train plunged off a bridge weakened by storms near Stratton. One car containing thirteen passengers was completely submerged and all were drowned save one, but scores were injured, Eight cars were derailed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1929, Page 13
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