ROUGH RAILWAY TRAVELLING.
HERE TO PALMERSTON. Tho passengers from Wellington had & rough trip up lo Palmorston by the 4.15 p.m. train from the city oil Wednesday ".iß.l't. The train was an hour late in arriving at Palmorston owing to about a quarter of a, mile of empty (rucks having been added lo it at J'nc];nkariki. This milling delay was not tliu only inconvenience (ho passengers suffered. Stopping niul starling at all the stations 011 tho way up were attended with jolts and jars, some severer than others. At Paraparannni the application of tho brakes was ho sudden, said a passenger to tho 1 almer.-lou "Times," that second-class passengers 011 the long vis-a-vis seats were huddled up in comical bunchcs. The end window ot one of these carriages was smashed, and (ho broken glass slightly cut a 111 lie girl about tho faco and hands. A inter in tho same carriage was also broken. A lady passenger, alarmed at (ho clatter, fainted, and had to bo revived. 'I wo engines were attached to the tram, (he length of which seemed to render it difficult to manage.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1413, 13 April 1912, Page 4
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185ROUGH RAILWAY TRAVELLING. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1413, 13 April 1912, Page 4
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