ALL BLACKS ON BOARD
CARRIAGE REMAINS ON LINE SOME SLEEP THROUGH COMMOTION SYDNEY, 18th July. A message * from Guyra, five mile's from the scene of the accident, states definitely that the All Blacks were on board the ill-fated train. They occupied the last carriage, which remained on the line, and they therefore were less shaken than the other passengers. When the more curious of the All Blacks poked their heads out of the windows and inquired what was the matter] somebody replied "broken rail." Grenside ejaculated: "Well, tell them to weld it again." At least two players slept right through the commotion. Kivell was a passenger on a train that met with an accident in New Zealand just prior to embarking for Sydnev. ; _ , It i's understood that Mrs McLeod, the manager's wife, was in the same mishap. t
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 19 July 1929, Page 5
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138ALL BLACKS ON BOARD Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 19 July 1929, Page 5
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