TRAIN ON FIRE
HOLOCAUST IN RUSSIA KEPT A SECRET FORTY-FIVE DEATHS United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright Reed. 1.5 p.m. MOSCOW, Thurs. Though it happened on April 16, details of a railway holocaust have only now leaked out through the arrest of the officials concerned. It appears that somebody spilled methylated spirits in a train near Domodedovo. A passenger then dropped a lighted match, and the carriage was set on fire from end to end. Forty-five persons were incinerated, and 23 were injured.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 985, 30 May 1930, Page 11
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80TRAIN ON FIRE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 985, 30 May 1930, Page 11
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