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Affaire relative à l'attaque d'un train entre N'Dande et Kébèmer (1885)
in AOF 5 M 456

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Chef de Section Cave, Rapport pour Monsieur le Chef d'Exploitation Walker,
copy (Dakar, October 9, 1885)

On October 8, 1885, two armed men shot at a lorry (a motorized rail vehicle) carrying the paymaster Luciani and a foreman named Rancoul, plus M. Cave and a number of African workers. Luciani and Rancoul were killed, but nothing was stolen. This took place at kilomter post 124.300, near Kelle in Senegal.

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This file also contains documents concerning lawsuits that resulted from accidents on the Chemin de Fer Dakar-Saint Louis on February 22, 1885 and March 24, 1885/