Correspondence and documents regarding investigation of accidents on Canton Kowloon Railway

Folder containing a bundle of documents, correspondence and loose newspaper clippings on accidents and disasters on Chinese railways 1937. A bundle (84 pages) containing notes and correspondence with Kowloon-Kanton Railway and the Ministry of Railways on derailment at Tong Tou Ha 28th January 1937 and a fire caused by celluloid merchandise on Kowloon to Canton train 16.1.1937 destroying three coaches and resulting over 80 fatalities and the subsequent investigation; three pages of South China Morning Post 18th-20th January 1937 and Hong Kong Sunday Herald 24th January 1937.

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1 file with 87 pages
Identifier:
CANT/1/32
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