TRAIN DERAILED
TROOPS FIGHT TERRORISTS (Rec. 10.0) SINGAPORE, March 1. Terrorists derailed a passenger train on a branch line running from Gemas, in Negri Sembilan State to Triang Bi Pihang to-day. As the train toppled over, the terrorists on both sides of the track opened fire, but were engaged by Gurkhas and police aboard the train, the battle lasting 40 minutes. One bandit was killed and two others wounded. One Gurkha soldier died of wounds. Two of the train crew and one passenger were injured.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19500302.2.37
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 117, 2 March 1950, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
85TRAIN DERAILED Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 117, 2 March 1950, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in