PICTON LAKES RAILWAY COLLISION
Pres* Association. —Telegraph.—Copyright SYDNEY, November 1. Further particulars of the collision at Picton Lakes shows that ;the accident' was caused by a • stock • train, while shunting on to a loop. line to allow the Melbourne-Sydney mail to. pass, overshooting the points just as the mail approached. The sound of the impact roused the residents, who were quickly or. the scene and rendered assistance. There was groat excitement among tlio passengers till the doors were unlocked and they were released. Altogether nine were injured. mostly by shock and bruises. One was removed to the hospital, and the others proceeded to their homes after receiving medical attention,' Traffic was blocked for many hours. Several sheep trucks were smashed, and a large number of animals killed and mangled. Three engines and other rolling-stock were damaged
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13522, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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136PICTON LAKES RAILWAY COLLISION Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13522, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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