SEVERE LAND SLIPS.
MAIN TRUNK LINE KLOCKED,
By Telegraph—Press Association. Taihape, Yesterday. Severe slips occurred on the railway between Ohakune and Horopito last night, and entirely blocked traffic, possibly for two or three days. The express was held up at Taumarumii. The area affected is about two miles. All the available men were despatched to the locality, and every effort is being madeto clear the line as soon as possible.
FURTHER DETAILS,
Auckland, Yesterday. _ Heavy landslips on the Main Trunk line occurred between Horopito and Ohakune late last night. In all, there were eight falls at different points, within a mile of each other. It is estimated that 3000 tons of earth were displaced. Neither north nor south bound trains got through. Tie latter was held up at Taumarunui. The heavy rain last night had so loosened the soil that,there - 1 were fresh falls as soon as' clearances were made. It is unlikely that communication will be established to-day, as it is almost impossible to tranship the passengers' luggage over so many Blips. '
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19121012.2.44
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 124, 12 October 1912, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
173SEVERE LAND SLIPS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 124, 12 October 1912, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in