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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1962
Page
1
A goods train crashed into a passenger express at Voghera Italy on Ascension Day killing 61 people including five infants and injuring about 100. The crash trapped survivors eight hours after the collision and officials said the signals were against the goods train traveling 43 mph.
Panic and cries filled the scene as a locomotive collided with a four car passenger train near Voghera, 62 miles from Turin. Bodies lined the tracks while rescue teams used blow torches to reach wreckage and hospitals called in extra staff from Milan.
Reported on Wednesday a bus in Bukidnon province Philippines plunged into a river killing forty four and injuring many. Police recovered seven bodies with others still missing as rescuers search the deep water current. In Mexico City a separate bus crash into a stationary wagon left fourteen dead and forty four wounded.
Oakland Tribune obtained rights to a series of copyrighted photos showing a cloud on a swirling pedestal after an air drop during U S atomic tests at Christmas Island. Defence Department returned the images unruled, allowing publication without official government imprimatur while London held RAF bases off limits to reporters.
Ripley New York state reports two air crashes. A private light aircraft crashed on take off at the airfield killing three children and injuring their father and uncle. Ten miles away a mid air collision killed three more including Reverend E C Monroe and Richard Temple and his son Scotty.
The Snowy Mountains Authority has called bids for the Murray One power station, planned as Australia's largest with over 760000 kilowatts capacity. It will supply peak electricity to Victoria and NSW, with four of eight 95000 KW generators starting in the 1966 winter.
A Qantas Boeing 707 named City of Canberra broke the Perth to Sydney commercial flight record. The jet completed the distance in three hours three and a half minutes at an average speed of 678 miles per hour, cutting nearly an hour from the usual time.
Prime Minister Menzies met Commonwealth Secretary Sandys for a cordial two sided chat and then conferred with Australian and New Zealand officials. He traveled from Geneva to London and voiced anger over Britain ending Australia’s trade preferences. The discussions focused on Britain's Common Market bid and potential implications for Australia.
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