A FUND had been launched in Rubery for relatives of the five local Territorials who died when two runaway tanks ploughed into their tents while they slept when they were taking part in exercises on Salisbury Plain. An inquest had been inconclusive. The Messenger noted it had been the second consecutive August bank holiday that tragedy had affected local people. Last year two people had died and ten were injured when a coach party from Catshill was involved in a road accident in Switzerland.
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