The Archive · 1922

Japanese Train Disaster

80 Men Killed by an Ava che Tokio, Feb. 4.

A train carrying 150 clearers of snow from the tracks was overturn-od by an avalanche to-day on the Hortroku line between the Aomi and Ttoigawa stations. Eighty of the clearers were killed and the others buried. Further deaths a Feared.—Reuter.

Revise Work Amona tae Ixse Tokio, Feb. 6.

Relief work in connexion with the train disaster on the Horuroku line is proceeding.

It is officially stated that 73 persons were killed and 31 seriously wounded. Further casualties ure

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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