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- ↑ Haine 1993, pp. 142, 168.
- "Indochina Rail Crash Kills 100". Playground News. Vol. 8, no. 22. Fort Walton Beach, Florida. 25 June 1953.
- Haine, Edgar A. (1993). Railroad wrecks. Associated University Presses. ISBN 0-8453-4844-2.
- Hooper, Franklin Henry; Yust, Walter, eds. (1954). Britannica book of the year . Encyclopædia Britannica, inc.
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