EXPRESS TRAIN DERAILED
DASHES INTO STRAYING CATTLE. NO ONE HURT. Auckland, This Morning. The south-bound Main Trunk express was derailed near Drury at eight o’clock last night, narrowly escaping serious disaster. It crashed into a group of graying cattle near the curved embankment and the jjngine jumped the points on to a siding. The tender, two postal vans and one passenger car, which was unoccupied, were thrown on to the side of the line. Nobody was injured and a relief train from Mercer arrived at 11 p.m. to convey the passengers to Erankton, whence another will convev them south.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2466, 12 August 1922, Page 2
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99EXPRESS TRAIN DERAILED Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2466, 12 August 1922, Page 2
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