Welt Planned Surprise Attack Near Kirin Dairen, Sept. 23.
Nine persons are reported to have been killed and 17 others injured when passenger train No, 201, which was proceeding from Changchun to Seishin, was derailed by bandits midway between Kirin and Tunhuu at 1215 o'clock this morning.
The bandits, it is stated, removed a section of the rails and hid in ambush nearby. An attempt by the engine driver to avert running off the rails proved unsuccessful, and the engine and mail coach tumbled down the Incline.
An armoured ear, which had preceded the passenger train, hastened back to the scene, but also ran into a trap set by the bandits and was overturned, Reports "received here state that following the derailment of the train, the bandits, 200 strong, launched an attack but were repulsed by the guards, heavily—Reuter,
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