SENSATIONAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
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EXIiJXK lU'XS OVKU JSXD OF WHARF. I'XDEIiCAIiIiIAO 10 FALLS INTO TIIIO SUA. PASSICXOKKS ALAIi.M 101). l'er Pros* Association. ClirisLclmrcii, .March 2(1. A( aiunit six o'clock the lirsi express from (lie South, with a nunili, -r «l passeum'is, whs ruiiiiiiijr down tli" wharf nI,. tlx- Maiaroa, which was abnul i„ I.for Wt-1 liu-!till, when (hi 1 engine. iiisU>:u[ of pulling U]i :it tile usual place, nui over ~m l „f |||„ rails, crossed the * : trnverses,'' ploughed across Hi,. timber. knocked tin- rails bpyowl ('«• travel si-s out of place, anil knocked the stop-Mock into (lie sea. The engine pinnae,) more than half her lcn»tli over the eml of t|„. wharf, ami remained station;,vv, resi'm" on the lireliox. The anil lour wheels, with cowcatcher, cylinders, driving and ecccn'iic rod.-, and all the limit i the boiler, dropped into the sea. The train stopped with a terrific jerk, and the passengers tninMed out liuu'n alarmed, hut nobody was injured. "File Mararoa was delayed for over an : hoi r, in c .nseipicnee of the incident blocking another train which contain"j
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 27 March 1907, Page 2
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179SENSATIONAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 27 March 1907, Page 2
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