At the Scene of the Train Wreck.
Our photographs, taken hy the speanl photographer of the "Auckland Star," are the tirst secured of the disa«t.ruus accident yesterday morning on the Alajn Trunk line. He proceeded from town by motor-car, and was on the tscentf almost simultaneous with the appearance of the breakdown gang, that was hurried forward lo Wbangamarinu. Some of lhe snapshots, it will be noticed, were taken before the railway men had got to work: others after operations had proceeded for some time. 1. ( lenrmg the debris from tin- line. 2. Main Trunk engine on its side, where it dropped six feet below the permanent way. ... The mail van and sleeping car—a view taken from the ca_te.nl side. 4. Another view of the engine, partially embedded in the .warm,. ... Mail van and shaping ear from tbe opposite side to that shown in No, .'!, giving a clearer idea of how the too! of the mail van thrust iiself practically intact over the greatet: hngfh of the sleeping ear. fi. The. express engine before the rattle truck with which it covered itself had been removed.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 8
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185At the Scene of the Train Wreck. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 8
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