DISASTER AVERTED.
RAILWAY TAMPERED WITH. LINES ON HILL GREASED. By Teleerapli.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The action of some person or persons in placing grease on the railway line at Seroggy Hill, between New Lynn and Waikumete, led to an accident on Saturday afternoon, which fortunately was much less serious than might have been the case. Two men on a jigger were sent ahead of a train which was despatched from Auckland to Swanson, and when they were ascending Seroggy Hill they found the rails had been greased in lengths of about six feet, and although the men struggled hard they could not reach the summit. Ultimately they lost control of the machine, which ran rapidly backwards downhill. Both men were thrown off, and were cut and bruised, while one of them also sustained injuries to his hack. The greased portion of the line was attended to and the train paßsed over it without mishap. It is stated that when the train was some distance further on, between Waikumete and Henderson, another strip of greased line Wa« encountered, and it was only with great difficulty that it was negotiated.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1920, Page 4
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189DISASTER AVERTED. Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1920, Page 4
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