A CAUTION TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.
[l3v Tkmvgkai’h.] DuXKLUX, Nov. 2-1. As the Oaimiru train due in town at 12.15 to-day, was nearing the Port Chalmers quarry a heavy blast was lired which disloged a lump of sfone estimated at somewhere about ten tons. This mass came rolling down on to the line, tearing up some of the rails and sleepers. A quarryman had just lime to give warning to the approaching (rain of the clanger ahead. If the train had been two minutes in advance of her time the stone would probably have descended on top of it. Alter a detention of one hour and a half the line was cleared, and the train proceeded to Dunedin, the passengers having walked to the lower station.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2400, 25 November 1880, Page 2
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125A CAUTION TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2400, 25 November 1880, Page 2
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