TRAIN SMASH AT WANGANUI.
BOTH ENGINES DAMAGED.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) r Wanganul, February 24. Ah incoming north train and an out-ward-bound goods train collided at'Wangaiiui station at 8.30 this- evening. The frontal gear of both engines was damaged, the cowcatcher, in the case of one locomotive, being doubled right under, the bogey wheels, and the engine lifted off the rails. The .goods train was able to back away. The incoming train was a long one, but there were few passengers, and these sustained more fright than hurt. The collision is attributed to a shunter's mistake.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 25 February 1914, Page 7
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95TRAIN SMASH AT WANGANUI. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 25 February 1914, Page 7
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