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Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs

Where 23 Japs lost their lives in G.N.R. wreck, Nov. 28, 09, near New Westminster, B.C. Barrowclough, George Alfred

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Image of a train engine that fell in a ditch. The accident was caused by a landslide that caused the train to derail and 23 Japanese labourers died in the accident.

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Image provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca