TRAIN WRECKERS AT WORK

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19670, 12 December 1933, Page 9

TRAIN WRECKERS AT WORK

SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE. Uiuieu »'i ess Association—By Electric Tel egraph—Copyrlgh t MADRID, December 11. It is now clear that the derailment of the Seville-Barcelona express was due to Anarchists’ bombs under a bridge near Puzol, causing several coaches to roll dow*n the embankment. Twenty were killed and 38 injured. The outrage occurred in an isolated district. The fireman was killed instantly. The driver who was unhurt, walked miles to the nearest station, and consequently it was four hours before the injured were attended to. Agonising Scenes. Agonising scenes were witnessed. One man imprisoned, injured by splintered woodwork, lost his reason owing to pain. A first aid train, rushed from Valencia, was held up by a torn up track, and consequently most of the rescue work was done by villagers, who walked miles to the scene. SPREAD OF DISAFFECTION. FIREBRANDS AT WORK United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright MADRID, December 10. A general strike at Corunna was heralded by a bomb explosion. The famous church and convent were set on fire and destroyed. The rebels set fire to the market buildings at Barcelona and forced pedestrians at the point of the revolver to dig trenches in the streets, but the attempts i* f a general strike proved unsuccessful. Rising Everywhere. The police suppressed a rising in in the province of Logrono, and captured 100 bombs and many rifles and revolvers. The rebels sought refuge in a church, but were captured after a | brief siege. A general strike has commenced on the Asturias coalfield. Twelve villages in the province of Huescar remain in the hands of the extremists. The police are machine- j gunning the rebels. Political Activity Banned. The Government proposes to adjourn the Catalan municipal elections and has forbidden political activity in connection therewith. Recruits Revolt. The Government announced that the situation is In hand, but fresh | outbreaks tend to disprove this Recruits in the army at Villaneuvc. j in the province of Badajoz, mutinied : and treacherously murdered two civil ! guards whom they asked to parley. The troops later attacked the buildings in which the rebels were barricaded, killing four. Seven Anarchists were killed near Valencia when a bomb prematurely j exploded in their hands. It is estimated that 200 have been | arrested at Saragossa, where sniping has been almost continuous for 36 hours, the rebels firing from the roofs j of houses and churches.