A FIGHT FOR LIFE.
A passenger travelling from Cracov to Lemburg, in Austria, on the night ' express train recently, suddenly drew two revolvers and demanded of three fellow travellers in the same carriage their money and valuables. A terrific struggle ensued, and although the men . assailed were unarmed, they fought ( with desperation. The robber used j his revolver with effect, killing two of the men in succession. The third grappled closely with his assailant, who fired in vain. Having emptied all the chambers, the robber tore himself from his antagonist, burst open the door and jumped down from the train while it was going at full speed. In the compartment where the struggle occurred two passengers were lying dead on the floor, shot through and through... The cushions and lining had been torn in the struggle, the glass smashed and the wall bespattered with blood and penetrated with bullets. The survivor was barely able to inform the passengers and guards what had happened. The train was backed to the spot where the man jumped out, but no traces of him were discovered,
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2222, 2 July 1891, Page 3
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182A FIGHT FOR LIFE. Temuka Leader, Issue 2222, 2 July 1891, Page 3
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