TEN TRUCKS DERAILED
Mishap To South Island Mixed Train By Telegraph—Press Association. TIM AR U, March 16. When 10 mucks of an Oamaru-Tim-aru mixed train left the main line about a mile and a half north of Makikihi station at 10.30 this morning. the line was out of commission for some hours, and passengers in express trains north and south bad to break the journey and board relief trains. The affected wagons were near the centre of the train and fortunately did not interfere with the engine or passenger carriages. Apparently the derailment was caused by a broken axle on one wagon, which was carrying coal. The track was damaged for 50 yards, rails being twisted and bent and many sleepers dislodged. The ironwork of some wagons was badly buckled and the woodwork of others smashed.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 147, 17 March 1939, Page 10
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136TEN TRUCKS DERAILED Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 147, 17 March 1939, Page 10
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