AN ARMY OF CATERPILLARS
STOP A TRAIN. T!y Telegraph.—Press Association. Oliakutie, February 3. T!ie 1.40 p.m. train from Wanganui to Marton yesterday was held up a few miles) from Fordell by a relentless army of millions of caterpillars, whose objective in crossing the railway line was a magnificent field' of oats. The crawlin,<?. squirming numbers were crushed by the wheels of the engine, but the train was stopped owing to the wheels skidding. and sand had to be us'ed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 306, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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79AN ARMY OF CATERPILLARS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 306, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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