TRAIN BRAKE TAMPERED WITH.
DRIVER’S PRESENCE OK AUNT). hv TEr,KGHArn —press assn., copyright WELLINGTON, .lan.. 13. Before ’Xmas someone tampered with a WestinghousL* brake oil a goods train from .Tohiisonville to Wellington oil a steep incline descending 4GO feet in five miles. As soon a.s it started the driver found that something was wrong and could not .stop the train, lie and bis fireman took the risk of jumping off and trying to drop tlie band-brake's as tbe trucks passed, and in this rather desperate and courageous attempt they succeeded, or the (rain must have come to a smash. The matter was kent secret in the hope of detecting the offender.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1926, Page 2
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111TRAIN BRAKE TAMPERED WITH. Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1926, Page 2
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