TRAIN FIRED UPON
GUARD NARROWLY MISSED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) MARTON, This Day. An extraordinary incident on the railway on. Westoe Hill, five miles from Marton, on Wednesday afternoon, has just been revealed. A mixed train from Palmerston North to Marton was moving slowly up the hill about 4 p.m. when the guard, J. Pickering, heard a shot fired. Almost simultaneously the wooden framework above the window at the rear of the van was splintered. The missile rieochetted iagainst the steel plate near the roof, which was dented. The guard was sitting only a few inches below. It is evident from the position of tho marks on tho van that the shot was fired from the top of the embankment. No missile has been found, and there is no, explanation of the outrage.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 56, 3 September 1926, Page 9
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132TRAIN FIRED UPON Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 56, 3 September 1926, Page 9
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