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SEVENTY=SEVEN PERSONS KILLED IN INDIA EVIDENCE OF SABOTAGE. LENGTH OF RAIL REMOVED. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) CALCUTTA, August 5. Seventy-seven were killed and 40 injured by the derailment of the Ducca-Calcutta mail train 79 miles from Calcutta. Sabotage is suspected as a length of rail was found removed from the track. The engine and three coaches were derailed and fell into a ditch.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1940, Page 5
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65TRAIN SMASH Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1940, Page 5
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