TRAIN DISASTER.
; 50 KILLED AND 50 INJURED. ' BERLIN, Oci‘. 26. A passenger train collided wi-fh a goods train at Kranzxwitz». Some carriages and waggons caught fire, while smuggled spirits in the possession of many passengers increased -the fl[liTf3S. Fifty were killed and fifty seriously injul_'ed. ALCOHOL SMUGGLERS’ FATE. BERLIN", Oct. 27. Forty are dead as the result of flu-. railway collision reported from Kl'all<)witz, in Silesia. Hal'r‘(:-witlg accounts are given of the \v01‘1~: of salving charred corpses, the mzxjority of whom were alcohol smugglers, ineludillgdnmny women. The spirit. was concealed on the bodies in s-peeitally e cllstrueted containers. Thus they were easy prey to the flames.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3323, 30 October 1919, Page 3
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106TRAIN DISASTER. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3323, 30 October 1919, Page 3
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