MAIN TRUNK EXPRESS.
A NARROW ESCAPE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. . Auckland, Last Night. A disaster to the Main Trunk express was averted by the narrowest of margins; at the Raurimu spiral on Saturday night,' The second express from Wellington to Auckland contained 300 passenger*, and when it reached the top of the spiral a boulder about half a ton in weight lay in its track. The engine-driver, Alexander Whistler, promptly applhd the Westinghouse brakes and stopped the train in the nicik of time, the cowcatcher of the engine actually striking the boulder and being damaged. It took about an hour and a half to remove the obstruction, and a new engine was secured at TaumarunuL
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1919, Page 4
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114MAIN TRUNK EXPRESS. Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1919, Page 4
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