A TRAIN DERAILED.
Per Press Association. Oamaru, April 31. As the late express train was' crossing over Thames street this evening, drawn by two engines, the bogie wheels of the leading engine leftphe metals and ‘ploughed over the street and on to the sleepers on ,' the other side. The train was pulled up, and the engine detached and run into a siding. The train was delayed 50 minutes. The street crossing is a dangerous place at any time, and it is fortunate the accident was no worse. The train had just started from the station, and was going slow. It is said that road metal had become jammed in the rails and lifted the bogie wheels off. The engine sustained little damage, but the passengers received a fright. '
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9126, 22 April 1908, Page 4
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128A TRAIN DERAILED. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9126, 22 April 1908, Page 4
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