Wild West style train holdup near Rangoon
A gang staged a wild west style train hold up ten miles from Rangoon Burma on Monday. They stripped every passenger of money and jewels and escaped into nearby rice paddy fields.
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1957
Page
11
A gang staged a wild west style train hold up ten miles from Rangoon Burma on Monday. They stripped every passenger of money and jewels and escaped into nearby rice paddy fields.
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