ITALIAN RAILWAY STRIKE.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK EXPRESS. Received 10.15 p.m., Jan. 30. ROME, Jan. 28. Nitti has negotiated with the railwaymen, resulting in a settlement of the strike. The Simplon. Orient express narrowly escaped disaster near Verona. Tube: of high explosives, similar to those used in wartime to demolish entanglements, were placed on the line but exploded a few seconds prematurely. Four sleeping cars were derailed but no passengers were killed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17780, 31 January 1920, Page 5
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71ITALIAN RAILWAY STRIKE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17780, 31 January 1920, Page 5
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