AWFUL RAILWAY C ATASTROPHE.
A TRAIN BLOiWNfoF^ THE BBJPV : <l^a. ' '-■ l6^£ i '* ";; >(: ;-:>,:->" ■■ r-^^T-THREE PASSEIir^EES^ KIELIDjIH;-. '■■ " ■ ' r STANTA^EOUSIi^; T' ■% MAN"? DAN^-EROUSL^IN'JIJRBi). ; ' ■ r 4^% — r,.; . : '•"-'• v TBRRIBLE SCENE 60F <DISTRTJO- > "V TIQN AND DEATH.. - ; ; "•♦.•. .' f Wehavttoteiiordtliein'oßt terrible 161^ i sational raUwa^ caJuaUjv. a^d that of th». I most serious .cdsfein-lffejand^mb; which haa occu^-ed m New Zealand sino?"6ur ? railway. system waV bignn:" Saeurdayvmoraingthe news was teiegraphedto to.wnjthat the. morning train .'fm^m Wairarapa ,hg& been. blown pfE the raUs ? and down % declnpty on -the steep -Wairarapasidt of th»> Rnnujaka incline, and that ■many people -were Injuttd.Th\s telegranji •' iiriw -Tecived at the •^aw»y^aoi»*^W.«y,;!^d^n-AA^^» 1 being then abse»t,.M^ Hewett, the stationroaster, hurried' with it to- the Railway De- ■ partmentai.oniees^ .On retuinirig'tq tbe station MriHeweifc louMl^^Aisbxroflr there who imnjediattly iiiUtd'^^ instfuctibriitp pre-. pare a,, special^^raiflv, and mesiengofs- were, sent ijv severaldirections to : find'd66t6rs and •urgipalapiiiliancei io'take to the scftncof lh«. accident. The 'medical men first" found were. D.octors;i)iy»r/«K:es : teven= Tripe,; and Gillon. lThest^»nttOTnen f «is.tanay, tiaqk^&eir tjctigm- • cites for the re'ttiirgenoy, and^rried tothe. raUway station, where the special tram, eon*. sisting of'an. engine, one icarriagp; and avan, was ia readuaesß. ; Ttie! doc^o^B,Mt.; vbaw,j.on, Conitab'le Christie, and" a Kospifal war* entired the carnage,: and- the tram Bt f ame4^ut of tfc> B^on }*!& »s ?4; *$«£
on its journey at 11;25. ■ Mr. Aihcroft,; manager of the lint», and Mr. Hales, district engineer, had gone on by the ordinary '■ 11.-10 irain to Petene to make preparations and joined the speoial train there. ■.
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Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 71, 15 September 1880, Page 2
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241AWFUL RAILWAY CATASTROPHE. Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 71, 15 September 1880, Page 2
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