ATTEMPED TRAIN WRECKING SUSPECTED
' . . THE MID.NIGHT EXPRESS. ■ (Bγ ToleeraDli.— Viae Association.) .'■.'•■ Palmerston North; July 0.. Recently, it was-..reported that an attempt had beeh-niade to: wreck the . Auckland night express at.Bunnythorpe by. the placing of a rail over ;tlie line.. On ..investigation- being niado it.was thought it was the act of some thoughtless children. On Wednesday, night what' appears, to have been another deliberate attempt to wreck the midnight express from Wellington took place on the Palmerston side of. Awapuni Rail-. way ..Station, it appears that a ueam somp six inches thick .and twelve feet long, resembling those used in the construction of cattle stops, was placed across the rails! The beam was struck by the engine and hears the distinct marks .of the impact. ■ Tins' present occurrence, following so after the Bunnythorpe episode/gives rise for suspicion that' some dangerous person is' at large. ~, . ' .
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2198, 10 July 1914, Page 8
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143ATTEMPED TRAIN WRECKING SUSPECTED Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2198, 10 July 1914, Page 8
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