Trains Collide Blocking Main Trunk Line
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AUCKLAND, April 13. ' The Main Trunk Line was blocked tt Mercer at 7.18 a.m. today when ,i goods train from Taneatua colided with the rear of a stationary ,oods train at the station. The guards' van of tne stationary rain', which was on its way to buckland from Frankton, was bady smashed and four wagons were terailed. Passengers on the Limited ex>ress, including the All Black team, vere held up for several hours unil buses were obtained to tranship hem from Te Kauwhata to Huntly. Liie line was cleared soon after aidday. The train from Taneatua was raveiling siowly and no one was njured.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 April 1949, Page 4
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113Trains Collide Blocking Main Trunk Line Chronicle (Levin), 13 April 1949, Page 4
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