RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
jA correspondent" of the Post states th jit the -accident- which "■occurred on the \^ellington'-Mastertoii Kail way last >.w6ek was of a much more serious character than it has . hitherto .been represented. He^£i*&& $# the*, truck which tan off the rails .beyond Belmont wjtsJdfrag^ged a](ii)^for fully 4 mHe rtnd a amlf bßfovei the %itt: stopped/ cutting through sleepers, «fec'j in-it»c6\irse ; that itj safely 'tiiid o^^^iwy^bvidgesj and passed through Belmont Station)without dii-ailing t lie Vest f 6t> tn^e ikinY bjxt at length it caused ten other' ; wag->i gons to leave tlie metals, when the Vhole clever. becrtine spiled m a'fieap; e(x Of theitt' being totally siaasb.eil'upV into matchwood and broktn metal. Ouv : informant, who, wo - believe,- waa an accidental eye-witness of the »ffair,. ! de J cfare* thatit isrlibtieiuhput' of-inhmc-, u3ous't>h*tfnU»Uvf« wece-sa'ocificed'.jq^v^ j >■■:, ■i'jl i'" 1 - 1 ! '■' ' JJuwif. r\ iUKim ! The" ■ikFetagai'iflo&bv^eacJt.' child ; ia; Victorian cjlata schools ia £4 18 74z<pMi annum, '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 297, 19 November 1883, Page 2
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151RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 297, 19 November 1883, Page 2
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