COLLAPSE OF LINE AFTER TRAIN PASSES OVER
' HOEE' IN TRACK. , AUCKLAND, July II. I dMrng Ihe [ passage' of a goods' aliout 1/30 i thiS' ixiorningi Ihe efebarikm¥ttt 'caJfeyfag thb maiii' Npftjtf railWay , lme1 nbf ttt* of c6ilk^)Sed fmI a'ftef fK'e train had passed, . leaving a gap 30 yards long ^nd nearly *25ft. deep. ' Repaif Vork was ca^ited out K "'X day and tonight it was - hdjged t3»av ■ traffic wtticlf had heen cdmplefely | Wo'c^ed** foifid "b'O restuhbd tomorrbw. The' siih^Bdbnce* bbclirred!> ahout a ,. chain to the north of the Waitakere i sbenic drfvb level "crossing. The first indication of trouhle #as s givfiir W a- ffaitf frohi' Aucks land, for Whangarei which1 passed . over .the embankment at 1.15- this. SjStit fef '6fte«# 8 fi'ole in* the track. It was not considered serfbus # sbbori1^ gbbifi train followingf it f5! h^fu^es raptef #as allowed to ffo- , c'eed. If" liad difficulty in crossing the s eihcbahkii^e&t which collapsed immediateiy; after.; The- repair work Was superviSM by Mr. ' J. Dow, Aucklhbd District Civil Engiheer. l PassCri'gers" tf'avCHMg by suburban s trains^ wefe tra'nsported today hy road" b'e€weeri4 Swanson! aid Waitakere and ^those" PfaVellib'g oVCr longer dis- * tanceb1 Wefe cdfi?fed by #bW b6twCen Henderson and. Kumeu.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 July 1947, Page 4
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