SERIOUS RAILWAY DELAY.
WASHOUT AT RAKAIA.
P.A.
CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 24.
One of the most serious dislocations to rail traffic for some .years occurred at Rakaia to-day, when flood waters sweeping across the northern approach to the railway bridge caused considerable damage through scouring. No trains crossed the bridge up till early this afternoon. Road traffic was also interrupted, but the delay was not as serious as that on the railway. Rail passengers were transhipped by motorvehicles over the affected portion. At midday four chains of the approach at the railway bridge were scoured out, and there was no indieation when trains would be able to pass.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 252, 26 October 1942, Page 4
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106SERIOUS RAILWAY DELAY. Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 252, 26 October 1942, Page 4
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