TRAIN BLOCKED BY GRASSHOPPERS.
I BRAKES REFUSE TO ACT. SEVERAL TRICKS SMASHED. Received Oct. 24. 9.27 p.m. Sydney, October 24. Swarms of grasshoppers at Narrabi blocked a train of empty trucks. After running some of the trucks back to 1 the station, the engine was returning for the balance, when the grasshoppers smothered the brakes, which refused to act, find the engine collided with and smashed some of the trucks.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 25 October 1907, Page 3
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70TRAIN BLOCKED BY GRASSHOPPERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 25 October 1907, Page 3
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