RAILWAY COLLISION.
THREE BULLOCKS KILLED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) FRANKTON JUNCTION, Wed. A railway collision took place to-day in the Frankton Junction goods yard, and three fine bullocks were killed a 3 a. result. An engine with six trucks was coming out of the cattle yards at the north end when it ran into a standing en<nne. Three trucks full of cattle were thrown across the tracks and smashed up. The cattle had to be cut out. They were secured and put back in the yards, and shortly after one animal was foimd dead, and two died almost immediately. A gang was turned out at once, and the work of clearing the wreckage was commenced. The mam line traffic was not affected.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 13 August 1925, Page 14
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122RAILWAY COLLISION. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 13 August 1925, Page 14
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