RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
ENGHn. AND VAN DERAILED. SCHOOL PICNICKERS ESCAPE. : CHILD THROWN FROM WINDOW. DRIVER AND STOKER JUMP CLEAR (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. A train conveying the Lyttelton District High School picnic to Amberley met with a mishap at Addington this morning. The engine ran off the line and overturned. A van behind it was smashed, but the carriages were not derailed. One child was thrown out of a carriage window, but was uninjured. The driver and stoker jumped clear. The picnic party was transferred to another train.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 6
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89RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 6
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