The World - News from Aug. 20, 1989
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A Havana-bound train derailed on a bridge in eastern Cuba, killing at least 15 people and injuring 219, the official Cuban news agency Prensa Latina said. The locomotive and four of the 10 cars plunged off the bridge over the Jaibo River and fell nearly 75 feet, the report said. The accident took place between the towns of Guantanamo and San Luis, about 550 miles east of Havana, Prensa Latina said. The report gave no details of the accident.
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