MOZAMBIQUE: RAIL LINK BETWEEN MOZAMBIQUE AND RHODESIA BLOWN-UP FOR THE SIXTH TIME THIS YEAR.

Record ID: 647744

  • Title: MOZAMBIQUE: RAIL LINK BETWEEN MOZAMBIQUE AND RHODESIA BLOWN-UP FOR THE SIXTH TIME THIS YEAR.
  • Date: 20th July 1974
  • Summary: 1. GV ZOOM IN AND PAN ACROSS Derailed train. 0.13 2. SV PAN FORM overturned wagon to team trying to right train. 0.21 3. SV ZOOM OUT Workmen clearing wreckage. 0.29 4. CU Gun in holster ZOOM OUT TO GV workers clearing wreckage. 0.37 5. SV Workmen trying to clear line. 0.43 6. GV Armed guard on watch beside train. 0.48 7. SV Another guard patrolling near wreckage. 0.58 8. CU & SV ZOOM OUT TO LV Men lifting wagons form rails. (2 shots) 1.14 9. SV workmen preparing telephones lines ZOOM OUT TO GV train derailed below. 1.22 10. CU Wheels of overturned train ZOOM OUT TO GV of line. 1.30 Initials VS 19.38 VS 19.52 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th August 1974 13:00
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  • Location: NEAR GARUZO, MOZAMBIQUE
  • Country: Mozambique
  • Reuters ID: LVA1WRGG3HAZBZ7EC4EP98M03PZU
  • Story Text: African nationalist guerrillas blew up the rail line between the mozambique port of Beira and Rhodesia on Tuesday night (16 July), bringing all trains to a standstill for the second time in a week.

    The line, which runs to Beira form Umtali, was wrecked when a goods train ran over a landmine about 40 miles (60 kilometers) form the Rhodesian border.

    The engine and four trucks were derailed but no one was injured.

    The rail link was re-opened only on Monday after a similar explosion the previous week. Following the latest blast it was expected to be out of action again for about a week.

    The guerrillas have now blown up parts of the 1,935 mile (3,000 kilometer) line six times since the beginning of the year. About 40,00 tons of goods are now said to be held up at various points along the track.

    Fears about the future of the rail link have prompted the Rhodesian Government to speed up construction of a new line south form Rutenga to Beit Bridge, on the border with South Africa. Goods could then be transferred to and form Rhodesia via South African ports.
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