SNAILS HALT TRAIN
THOUSANDS COVER LINE IN MOROCCO
Locusts have been known to stop trains on the Egyptian and Tunisian railways, and grasshoppers have done the same thing in Argentina, while the despised caterpillar has often congregated on the rails in certain American States, to stall the wheels of locomotives, but a story is being printed in the Paris Press from Morocco to show that snails have managed to hold up railway traffic in the French zone there. A heavily-laden freight train was on Its way from Casablauca to Kourigha when it was found that the wheels of the locomotive, although they continued to revolve, made no progress. An investigation proved that the rails were covered with millions of snails. Sand placed on the tracks enabled tha locomotive to plow its way through the invaders, but eventually it had tn stop and wait until a relief engine arrived from Kourigha.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 745, 19 August 1929, Page 13
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150SNAILS HALT TRAIN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 745, 19 August 1929, Page 13
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