TRAIN ON FIRE
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Passengers Unable to Signal Driver 85 CHINESE DEAD
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(Eeceived 18, 11.15 a.m.) CANTON, Jan. 17. Believed to be due to the ignition of a celluloid article, a fire broke out on the1 Kowloon-Canton express. The train had no communication cord and sped on while three carriages burned. ' Eight-five bodies have been brougkt to Canton, including 35 women and children. It is feared that the death roll will exceed a hundred. Three bodies were found hanging from the windows, indieating that death oceurred while trying to climb out.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 2, 18 January 1937, Page 5
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