EFFECTS OF THE WEATHER.
-1 ACOIDENr ON TOKO LINE. el PER PKESS ASSOCIATION. e , Stratford, Mi-ty'l4. 1 j A wash-out occurred on thi filling of ''• the Toko line ye3terd*y at 7 p.m. A train consisting of an engine, an ' 8 L. waggon, and a emm van, two ' carriages and a guard's van fell a dis- ' 3 tance of ten feat. t, The driver and fireman jumped iu- ' 'wards and escaped iujury, but if they I • had remained in their usual position, ! } they rnutf; have b«on seriously jammed ] f and possibly killed. 1 ) The engiae is resting on wheels, ' » the next waggon is standing on end, ' ' and the cream van reared in the air. j 'i The pissengers, b3yond btiag a--3 larmed, were not hurt. " I The accident occurred three quarters 1 of a mile out of Toko. A speoial train f with crane and material, have gone I f out ti effect rppairj. Traffic is sus t > penned, and therj are several small ' : wash-outs as a tvsult of tli3 heavy e 1 rains. c
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 117, 15 May 1903, Page 2
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174EFFECTS OF THE WEATHER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 117, 15 May 1903, Page 2
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