RAILWAY COLLISION.
By Telegraph—Press Association.
DUNEDIN, April 9. The Dunedin express collided at Waipahi with the train from Invercargill, standing at Waipahi, at noon to-day. There was no very serious damage done, but the mail van was smashed and the engine was also damaged a little, but not sufficiently to disable it. No one was injured The express is said, by passengers, to have over-run the signal. The brakes were applied, but did not hold it sufficiently to stop it before striking the standing train. The passengers were not greatly inconvenienced, and the mail-man was not hurt.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8392, 10 April 1907, Page 5
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97RAILWAY COLLISION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8392, 10 April 1907, Page 5
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