TRAIN EXPLODES
WRECK HURLED INTO RIVER UnnetJ Press Association —By Electric Telegraph —Copyright MISSOULA (Montana), July 8. A locomotive drawing a 75 car freight train exploded, killing five persons and injuring 15. The explosion was heard for miles. Ten cars were wrecked and remains of the engine were hurled into a river.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21085, 11 July 1938, Page 8
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52TRAIN EXPLODES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21085, 11 July 1938, Page 8
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