TRAIN SMASH

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 37, 6 November 1937, Page 7

TRAIN SMASH

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Gangs Clear. ihe Line at Auckland FULt INQUiRY LATER

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AUCKLAND, Last Night. Working tkrougkput tke nigkt and tkis morning gangs of men using a' massive crane' and otker special equipment suc'ceeded, in .clearing tke lines following tke kead-on collision between two trains nenr; tke Parnell overbridge on Tkursday nigkt. One line was avail|ble 1 for use in time to permit tke suburban trains to pass witk .tke city-bound workers, but ifc . was not until several' kours later tkat botk lines were free ofwreckage and. .normal sckedules "were being maintained. A preliminary inquiry into tke causo of tke collision, wkick occurred' wken a skUnting train became out "of control on tke down-grade and crasked. into ' a mixed passenger and goods train-.' tkat had just" left Auckland, etation -for Swanson, was keld. Tkere will '■ b6 a full inquiry later. Tke two skunters on tke inward-bound train, wko were admitted to tke .'Auckland Hospital on Tkursday nigkt, wero x'tated to-day to be in a fairly serious conditian. Tkey are: H. Macky, aged 35, married, of Newton, wko suffered injuries to tke groin and kip, and F. E. H. Ongley, aged 41, married, of Point Ckevalier, wko kad concussion and a severe cut under tke rigkt eye. 'So firmly were tke two locomotives •locked togetker tkat tkey kad to be cut apart witk an oxy-acetylene torck before tkey could be moved. One of tke « cylinders of the inward-bound locomotive was cut off. Tke smaller engine had to be lifted by means of a crana before tke wrecked front bogey could ibe cleared away. t —