Points Switched As Train Passing Over
INVERCARGILL, April 2. As the lnvercargiil-Bluir train was pulling into Bluff station at 10 o'eloek this morning, the switclnng points inadvertently moved with the result that par't of tlie train broke awav and moved on to the next line of rails, striking a rake of stationary wagons and a truck containing the Awarua Boating Club 's pairs , and fours and Southland eight boats, was derailed and; left lying at an angle across both sets of rails. The triick was extensively damaged and the woodwork of all the boats badly splintered.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 April 1948, Page 4
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96Points Switched As Train Passing Over Chronicle (Levin), 3 April 1948, Page 4
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