RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT LYTTELTON.
EXCITING EXPERIENCE.
A NARROW ESCAPE. By Telegraph —Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 26. At about 6 o'clock, ; to-night, the first express from the South, with a large number of passengers, was running down the wharf alongside the Mararoa, about to leave for Wellington, when the engine, instead of pulling up at the usual place, ran over the end of the rails, crossed the traverser, ploughed across the timber, knocked the rails beyond the traverser out of place, and knocked the stop-block into the sea, and plunged more than half her length over the end of the wharf and remained stationary, resting on the firebox bogie and four wheels. The cowcatcher, cylinders, driving and eccentric rods and all the gear under the buoiler dropped into the sea. The train stopped with a terrific jerk, and the passengers tumbled out much alarmed, but nobody was injured. The Mararoa was delayed for over an hour in consequence of the accident blocking another train which contained more passengers.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8388, 27 March 1907, Page 5
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167RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT LYTTELTON. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8388, 27 March 1907, Page 5
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