RAILWAY ENGINE RUNS INTO A SLIP
A NARROW ESCAPE. Br Telojrap'n.—PreßS Association. : Pahlatua, July 10. 'An accident occurred to' the north* bound Wellington-Wairarapa express this' afternoon between Pahiatua. and Konini stations. 'The engine ran into a slip,, left the rails.-and toppled over towards the river. "The carriage behind the tender ran up against the bank,, and but for this probably the -whole train would have been pulled off the line into the river. The fireman, ■ named Fletcher, was extricated from under the coal-box. The latter was right across, the rail. He had a. miraculous escape from serious injury. The engine-driver, named Flaws, and the passengers escaped unhurt. Several women and children were in the derailed carriage. The line was considerably damaged, and the scrvico was disorganised. The slip was not large, but a huge boulder about half a ton was the principal obstruction. At the scene of the accident there is a curvo, also: ai cutting, aiid the line runs alpng tho river-bank. .
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2511, 12 July 1915, Page 4
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163RAILWAY ENGINE RUNS INTO A SLIP Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2511, 12 July 1915, Page 4
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