Soviet Freight Trains Collide; 5 Die, 100 Hurt
Five people were killed and 100 injured when two freight trains collided in Soviet Kazakhstan, starting a fire that destroyed 13 homes, the Communist Party daily Pravda reported Monday.
The accident occurred Saturday outside a railway station in Alma-Ata, capital of the Soviet republic. A train carrying six tankers of liquid propane hit another train that was switching tracks, Tass said. The tanker train caught fire and one tanker exploded, spreading the flames to nearby houses where 26 families lived, Pravda said.
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