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Show VILLA BANDITS BLOW UP TRAIN ,,. Juares,.Mexico, Jan. 30 One hundred hun-dred aad -tea federal soldiers anil railroad workmen ware killed last Saturday when the engine, of a work train was dynamited. byva Villa force twenty-five miles south of Santa! Ro-aallaChlhuahua, Ro-aallaChlhuahua, according to Information In-formation received here and, confirmed' con-firmed' by reports reaching here. The train was going from Chihuahua City to Reltaao to clear away the wreckage wreck-age 'of the passenger train,, held up by, Villa followers, last Wednesday, forty-guards and passengers being killed, eighteen girls carried away aa-it'-tae trala burned. The' 'wet trala waa guarded by lp.edaral aaldlers and carried traik-Bsea, "ila eleattthi llnsu. After aasalBC SaaUt Rosalia, taa, dynamite akptaslamaanW, Owrtoklar the trTtia'-VIMa totliwers fired lata the trath and thefederals .were thee fod 'Wdefend, tiawselves from the atta'ckla'g'.ioree.ywhlch was dl-Vi'ded dl-Vi'ded Into two colarans on each side of. the railroad. v iThe.flfht continued tor, .etght hours' aeeording to. reports received here, and virtually alf of thefederal soldiers jrere .either killed la action or,, executed; according, to these reports. re-ports. The ifew, who escaped wem brought. to Chihuahua City together with wouaded; trackmasu rescued by ratafireemaaU ,Srrtf lag at)lha;'seaae of the holdup from thestate capital. Francisco Villa" wai reported, to have;led the attack on the traf with Martin' Lopes, second in command. AJser the;attack.tha Vjjilf foftaoa-Ural11 foftaoa-Ural11 Santa Rosalia, where a garrl-seaaii26 garrl-seaaii26 'vm stationed., Tkoaa alikor'wera killed oij' Joined the Villa oolumn and the towa was looted., The band retired to the mountains before be-fore the arrjyal of federal reinforcements. reinforce-ments. ' 4 ' 1 . |