TRAIN HITS BULLOCK
EIGHT TRUCKS DERAILED MISHAP AT GREYMOUTH Press Association. GREYMOUTH. Monday. A WORKING train, comprising ten ballast trucks and a guards van, collided with a bullock which was straying on the line in aL cu *' ting on the south side of the Teremakau Bridge.
j s a result eight of the trucks and the* guard's van were derailed. Nobody was injured and no serious damage was done to the rolling stock, but the permanent way was badly damaged for a considerable distance and the line was blocked for through tr The train was travelling backwards an ,i a curve in the line made it impossible for the driver to see the animal in time to avert an accident. “The derailment occurred at about •> it nin It was estimated that six "while pirmanent way was caught EskS •SW! illation by a doctor he was able to pro ceed heme.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 154, 20 September 1927, Page 1
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150TRAIN HITS BULLOCK Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 154, 20 September 1927, Page 1
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