STONES ON RAILWAY LINE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 130, 18 June 1937, Page 7

STONES ON RAILWAY LINE

-Press Association.)

e ♦. « Engine's Frqnt Wheels Deraiied POLICE TO INVESTIGATE

(By Telegraph-

AUCKLAND, Last Night. Stones oil the railway line caused the derailment of - the two leading wheels of the front bogey of a goods train engine near Taipuha station, eight miles north of Paparoa, at 3.40 p.m. More serious consequences might have occurred had not tho driver of the train, Mr. J. Bright, of Maungaturoto, noficed the stones when a short distance away and immediately attempted te stop the train. An impact conld not be averted, however, but the train was pulled up within a further two chains without any other mishap. The police at Maungaturoto wero subsequently informed of the accident and to-morrow, together with the railway officials, they will carry out an investigation as to how the stones came to be on the line. It was stated that only two stones eaused the derailment. The train was bound from Whangarei to Maungaturoto. About an hour was spent. in jacking the wheels back on to tho line, the train crew being assisted by a surface gang which was working nearby. This operation was completed shortly before 5 o'clock dnd tho train proceeded south. The only other train to be affected by the accident was a southbound mixed train which was held up for about 20 minutes.