BAILWAY ACCIDENT
YVANGANDI, July 25. The express train from Wellington thia evening met with an accident when about «iz miles north of Marton. Owing to the heavy rain the ground wa& washed away at a email embankment, leaving thirteeu sleepers merely supported by the rails. • The engine crossed all right and kept en the rails, bat the rest of the train, oom> pond of three trucks, mail-van, and two passenger carriages, were thrown ol tbe line. Fortunately there was no iDjury to the passengers. The traio arrived at Wanganal an hoar and a quarter late.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1619, 26 July 1887, Page 3
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95BAILWAY ACCIDENT Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1619, 26 July 1887, Page 3
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