INDIAN TRAIN TRAGEDY.
FURTHER EVIDENCE HEARD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 2, 5.5 p.m. Delhi. Dee. I. Tirur advices state the train tragedy committee inspected the van in which the prisoners died, which is large and divided into three compartments by means of iron bars, with separate doors. The persons shut inside were able to converse in an ordinary tone to persons outside. At least forty could or accommodated in each compartment. The committee also found that beams of light penetrated from outside. The committee heard eight witnesses. The majority deposed that no unusual sounds were heard from the prisoners’ van, but a platform vendor stated the prisoners were shouting in distress for water, adding that they could not breathe.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1921, Page 5
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120INDIAN TRAIN TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1921, Page 5
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