ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY LINE.
i ■ "V".'. An accident .which • might have boon ,at- | tended witH serious consequences'occurred I on the railway lino yesterday morning. Ofc''so train from the Uppor Huft 'for ' tonvhaving, on rounding'acuvvobetween the Belmont and Lower Ilntt stntiona, run into a mob of cattle which had got out of an adjacent paddock and wevo trespassinß oi> tlio lino, Tho engine struck two of the cows, cutting one of them clean in two, while the other waacrushod underono oido of tho ongino, (ho whools mid other portions/HvllfciMi'ero covered with tho fraginiJ&is of fles™hair, and blood. Tho Bhock Us severe, but luckily the engine and oarriages kept tho lino, and tho only damage doiio beyond tho slaughter of tho two cows was that tho stop of tho engine was bent, and a tew screws loosened. Tho usual official inquiry will bo hold as to the occurrence—Times.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1035, 29 March 1882, Page 3
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147ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY LINE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1035, 29 March 1882, Page 3
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