Peking, Dec. 30. message from Tientsin states that the railway authorities there Ihave been informed that the banaitx who attacked the train to Munchuria on December 27 at Koupeiying, tore up the track so that nine ears of the train were derailed.
The boiler exploded and the caught fire, Four railway ployees were killed and 12 passengers were seriously, and 30 slightly, injured.
Other reports state that 23 passengers are missing and that the cargo of the train hax been passenger train of the Peking-Mukden Railway's Ching-Tsao branch line reached a place five miles from Peipias station and was derailed, part of the track heving incen removed by the bandits The derailment took place on a slope) scout 85 ft, above the plan. The result was that the locomoti three-class passenger cars, a mail van and goods waggon (firewood and cases of petroleum being stored in the latter) were derailed and rolled down the slope on to the level lund from a height of about 80
One first and one second-class Reports received by the Shanghs describe the than the telegram indicates and add that the bandits thoroughly looted the train und carried off 90 Chinese as captives, The death roll is stated to be very high as the train was completely destroyed by fire, The attack was made at 6.15 p.m. Jast Saturday when the No, 501
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