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LEGIONNAIRES KILLED IN ALGERIAN TRAGEDY
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Rec. Sept. 15, 8.15 p.m. Oran, Algeria, Sept. 14. Owing to the subsidence of the track, a trocp train carrying 510 legionnaires, crashed into a ravine at Teemsen. One hundred were killed and 100 injured. . The train, consisting of 31 coaches, is lying in a heap at the bottom of the ravine, 270 feet deep. Relie'f is being organised. A special train brought back to Gremeen, the first batch of the injured.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 329, 16 September 1932, Page 5
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85TRAIN SMASH Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 329, 16 September 1932, Page 5
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