RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
MISHAPS ON AUCKLAND
SECTION
AUCKLAND, Oct. 17.
; Three.'railway .accidents happened on the Auckland section Jiast evening. First .of a}l a passenger .traint'wiis back-,-ing into No 2 siding' at Auckland station at a fair paled when the van on the back collided with the heavy concrete utop-block, The-impact was severe enough to shift the block off its foundations. 'Damage, was also caused to the van’s imderjgear, as. well as the buffers, ’ 'Workmen- were engaged in repairing, the'damage this morning. A main, lirie, derailm®ht was "the second . accident., . This was between
Eurekh ’ andßuakura jyriction, on the Ribtorua-Franktbn. line. ’ A waggon ladden with butter for the Southdown Freezing. Works left,.the rails, and delayed all traffic between Morrinsville and Hamilton for nearly two hours. I The third accident, last evening happened to an engine at Hikurangi. Shunting operations were being carried out on the tudifig when an axle on the engine collapsed. No serious delay was occasioned by the mishap.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 5
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158RAILWAY ACCIDENTS Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 5
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