Serious Railway Accident.
(united press association.) Auckland, May 18. A serious accident occurred to the goods train on the Waikato line yesterday. The following are the particulars so far as is known. As the train went round a curve at Pukekohe a cow sprang on the line. The engine struck her, and was thrown off the line with two trucks down the embankment into a swamp. The driver and fireman had a narrow escape and some of the passengers receiyed contusions. The engine lying m the swamp is ouc of the latest imported from. England.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 146, 19 May 1884, Page 3
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95Serious Railway Accident. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 146, 19 May 1884, Page 3
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