CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED.
Four Dead and Many Injured.
EARLY MORNING CRASH. United Press Association— By Electric Tel egraph—Copyright (Received July 20. 8.30 p.m.) VANCOUVER, July 20. A message from Moncton (New Brunswick), states that four are dead and eighteen injured when a special train, carrying A 1 Barnes' American circus was wrecked early this morning, near Canaan. EXPRESS STRIKES MOTOR. WRECKAGE FALLS THIRTY FEET. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 21, 11.30 p.m.) VANCOUVER, July 20. An Elizabeth (New Jersey) message states that one hundred were injured, thirty severely, when the Philadelphia express struck an automobile, derailing the engine and three coaches which fell thirty feet to the street. The boiler exploded, setting fire to the wreckage.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18625, 22 July 1930, Page 9
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118CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18625, 22 July 1930, Page 9
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