MAIN TRUNK EXPRESS.
RUNS INTO BULLOCKS. NINE ANIMALS KILLED. The aouthward-bound through express ran into a mob of 16 bullocks at the Kio Kio station on Thursday afternoon about 4.30 o'clock. The engine was damaged so much that a goods train engine went out to the Bcene of the accident, three miles north of Otorohanga, and towed the express in. The same engine afterwards took the express on from Otorohanga to Te Kuiti. Nine out of 16 bullockß, which belonged to Mr Ross, were killed. There was some excitement among the lady passengers. The express left Otorohanga at 6 p.m., an hour and 20 minutes behind
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 731, 19 December 1914, Page 5
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106MAIN TRUNK EXPRESS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 731, 19 December 1914, Page 5
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