Several passengers were injured by flying glass fragments when a train running tween Shahghai and Hangchow was blown up by a land mine between the towns of Changon and Hsiachiao on Tuesday afternoon. There were no deaths as a result of ihe explosion but traffic was delayed for several hours until the tracks were cleared.
The train, which was one of the new expresses doing the Shanghai-Hangchow run in four hours, set off the land mine when it was about 300-400 yards away from the spot where the mine had been planted on the permanent way. Controlled by electric wires, the mine blew up with a tremendous force, derailing the engine and tender and completely depolishing the baggage car, which was immediately behind the locomotive.
Coaches, in which many passengers were travelling, escaped the full force of the blast but all windows were smashed and several people sustained minor cuts as well as shock and bruises when they. were flung on top of one another as the engine left the rails.
Large sections of the permanent way were torn up and all traffic on the line was completely stopped, while the job of clearing away the wreckage continued. Late in the evening the track was cleared and the passengers on the ill-fated train were able to resume their journey to Shanghai, arriving here yesterday at about 2.30 a.m.
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