A TRAIN DERAILED.
[PUB PHB33 ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, July 21. A pissenger train from Rotorua, going at a speed of 25 miles an hour, was derailed south of Mita Mata yesterday, through a wheel of a truck next to the engine breaking. The whole trail', except the engine, left the lines. Foitunatoly the accident occurred in a cutting. The carriages were thrown | against the basks and the passengers thrown from their seats, but no ote was seriously hurt. Five chains ol permanent way were torn up, but tht lino was repaired to-day and traffic resumed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 182, 23 July 1900, Page 2
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94A TRAIN DERAILED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 182, 23 July 1900, Page 2
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