NARROW ESCAPE.
MAIN TRUNK EXPRESS TAKES WRONG LINE. The Te Kuiti correspondent of the ‘‘Auckland Star” states that only the presence of mind of the driver saved the Main Trunk express from disaster when it passed through Te Kuiti early on Friday morning. As the train went through at 2 u.m: the driver (A. Blackwell) found the semaphore signals showing all clear, but apparently the points were wrongly set. for the train was diverted on to a siding filled with standing waggons. The lurch of the engine as she swerved in the dark from the main track told the driver and Fireman Little that something was wrong. The brakes were snuneui-a-tely applied and the train pulled up. It was then discot ereu that the express had been switched on to a siding containing a number of loaded standing waggons, and that it had been brought to a stop within a few coach lengths of the obstacle that might have wrecked the train. The distance between the points and the waggons was only some fifty yards, and the presence of mind and prompt action of the men in charge of the train appear to have been solely responsible for averting the smtsh.
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Otaki Mail, 22 December 1919, Page 4
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