BIG SMASH HOLDS UP MAIN TRUNK LlNE.—When the 20th truck in a train of 50 left the line at Mangaweka on Tuesday evening 26 others followed and piled up in. hopeless confusion on the line. The track was badly torn up and passengers from Wellington had to be taken round m cars. The Limited arrived in Auckland nine hours late. The picture shows the mass of wreckage after the smash.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1068, 4 September 1930, Page 16
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70BIG SMASH HOLDS UP MAIN TRUNK LlNE.—When the 20th truck in a train of 50 left the line at Mangaweka on Tuesday evening 26 others followed and piled up in. hopeless confusion on the line. The track was badly torn up and passengers from Wellington had to be taken round m cars. The Limited arrived in Auckland nine hours late. The picture shows the mass of wreckage after the smash. Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1068, 4 September 1930, Page 16
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