RAILWAY SMASH
EIGHT KILLED IN FRANCE.
TRUCK PLACED ON LINE.
(United Press Assn. —By Telegraph—Copyright.)
Paris, June 1.
At Montereau eight were killed and thirteen injured when the Paris-Marseilles express was derailed, the four leading coaches being smashed to pieces. The rescuers were obliged to saw through the metal roofs to extricate the bodies.
The disaster was caused by a small truck which the Minister of Public Works, after inquiry, considers was deliberately placed on the line. The derailment occurred when the express was travelling at 50 miles an hour. EARLY BELIEF PLOT AGAINST PREMIER. (Rec. 9.50 p.m.) Paris, June 2. The fact that M. Tardieu was travelling to Dijon to give an address at a luncheon at which there were 1500 guests caused the early belief that the Montereau disaster was due to a desire to wreck the Premier’s train. It is still believed that the trolley was purposely placed on the line, but as M. Tardieu passed three and a half hours before the accident, the belief that he was the intended victim has been abandoned.
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Southland Times, Issue 21099, 3 June 1930, Page 7
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178RAILWAY SMASH Southland Times, Issue 21099, 3 June 1930, Page 7
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