A DASTARDLY ACT.
ATTEMPT TO WKECK TRAHj OBSTACLES ON TRU>"K LIKE. STRUCK BY EXPRESS TRAIX. , (By Telegraph.— rress Association.) PALMERSTON' NORTH, Thursday. Recently it was reported that an'attempt had been made to wreck the Auckland nigh: express at Bunnythorpc by tlip placing of a rail over the line. In", vestisation being made, it was thought that it was the act of come thoughtless children. On Wednesday night, what appears to have been another deliberate attempt to wreck the midnight express from Wellinu. ton took place on the Palmerston sij« of the Awapuni railway station. A beam six inches thick and twelve feet long, resembling those ueed i n tV construction of cattle-stops, was placed across the rails. It was struck hy the engine and bears distinct marks of the impact. The present occurrence, following so soon after the Biinnytborpe episode, gives riae for the suspicion that some dangerous person is at large.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 163, 10 July 1914, Page 4
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152A DASTARDLY ACT. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 163, 10 July 1914, Page 4
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