TROUBLE IN IRELAND.
FURTHER OUTRAGES.
ANOTHER TRAIN WRECKED.
RAILWAYMAN'S SOLEMN PROTEST,
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 27, 8.45 a.m. LONDON, January 26.
The National Union of Railwayman, Ireland, has issued a solemn protest ia the name of raihvaymen of all grades, and in the name of the grief-stricken widows and penniless orphans, created by'these awful deeds against tha murder of engine drivers in County; Kerry.
When the main line train reached Drumru in County Meath, armed men gave the passengers live minutes tat clear out with the luggage. They then sprinkled the carriages with petrol* and ignited them, and after uncoupling the engine, sent it driverless towards Gavan. The train was com-i pletely destroyed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15152, 27 January 1923, Page 5
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