TRAIN DERAILED.
ELEVEN MEN KILLED,
(By Cable—Prose Association—Copyrig&t.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PERTH, November 8. A train of 54 trucks, laden with sleepers, -weighing 600 tons, was derailed when going down a steep grade at Wokalup, 27 miles from BunJbury. Eleven persons were killed. The smash occurred on Millar and Co.'s private line. It was a timber train on which were only the crew and a number of mill-hands. The victims were, for the most part, crushed miaei the sleepers. Besides 11 being killed, two were seriously injured.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16987, 9 November 1920, Page 7
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89TRAIN DERAILED. Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16987, 9 November 1920, Page 7
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