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ACCIDENT NEAR LONDON NINE KILLED: SIX INJURED SEVERAL COACHES DERAILED (United Pres* Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Oct. 12 Nine persons were killed and six injured when an express train en route to London was derailed near London today. The train hit a barrel which fell from a station and then was driven on until it wedged a set of points. The engine overturned, burying its nose in the track. Several coaches were telescoped, and rails were torn up and thrown through windows.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21243, 14 October 1940, Page 9
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84EXPRESS DERAILED Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21243, 14 October 1940, Page 9
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