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THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT

EXOKiEf DEJRIAILED

Further 1 particulari* of the raiujwiiy ticcideiL't siio\v that at eleven o.'clo>cik the Thames expi-eeis. ran into a mob of cattle at Tarwhia, eagihfc mules 1 from Te A'ito'lkk The engimei "was 3teira.iled and part of the I'iffle Hqtih up. IS\'o vans -were smasihedi amd two■• caa-riaigea derailed 1, otne csaitaagfe bedng diamiaiged. There were a; gaodly nuiabei- oif -passeingeir's on' board, bxit no. one wias in,jured. ■ Vei-y' little o f the shriek was, felt in the, back poirtiom, of the train wheirfc nwsii of the paasemigera weirei. Two carnages, put on. a,t Faea-oa, •wene eiiipty. It tiviyeJle^ about 26ft at right a-ngks to the"lin.« beifoire it stopped. The; front wiagion- ' a ''Z," was smashed to maitahiwood,' and the/ coial tender -was OTertutmedi ■ w'hiil© an "X" wiagomi and an "L" wagpau pile«|in a, heap, both being,hotpefesly Hmiasihed. /Pfee itiwio fyorit,. pasisfemlgen-iqaM-iaggas we*© tefecdped, but.lmikily they 1 fweirfe, olnly diaim a$M i The englnediiver h,ad his leg slighitly hurt, but nobody else was:. injured. Piasaengers stafe that blue train, was tna,veilwig sfowly. Reteiden,ta m the locality aiccoinmnbd'atedi th elaTdy nassengie'i's;

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Bibliographic details

Thames Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 15606, 6 February 1915, Page 5

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THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT Thames Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 15606, 6 February 1915, Page 5

THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT Thames Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 15606, 6 February 1915, Page 5