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SIX TRUCKS DERAILED SOUTHERN RAILWAY MISHAP Press Association. DUNEDIN, To-day. The afternoon goods train from Oamaru was derailed on Saturday on one of the many curves between Mihiwaka and Port Chalmers. An empty wagon near the engine left the rails, dragging the others after it, with the result that the couplings broke and six wagons rolled down into a gully. The engine and tender, and also the back portion of the train, which included one carriage in which the Anderson’s Bay school football team was travelling, remained on the line. The through express from Christchurch. which was timed to arrive at 4.18 p.ra., was held up for four hours at Purakanui while the line was cleared ,and did not pull out for Invercargill until 9.15. The cause of the derailment Is unknown, but a departmental inquiry will be held this week.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 75, 20 June 1927, Page 7
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143OVER EMBANKMENT Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 75, 20 June 1927, Page 7
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