TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 78, 3 April 1926, Page 8

TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS.

LIMITED SMASHES OBSTACLE. BEAMS ON THE LINE. ! What appears to have been anothet dastardly attempt to wreck the Northbound Limited express was made on th» evening of March 8. Obstructions, consisting of beams from cattle stops, wer» placed across the metals at the crossing! at Terrace End and Kelvin Grove, t_f former being suburban, the latter som» three miles distant from Palmerston North. In the case of Terrace End, one beaut had been wrenched from the stop and placed on the rails. It was shattered by the bogey wheels of the engine. At Kelvin Grove there were four beams on the line, one of which was thrown clear. The other there wera smashed. On the second occasion the train stopped, but resumed its journey, and the incident was reported at Feilding. Gangers were immediately sent to the crossings concerned, and tbe police were advised. No doubt the attempt was directed particularly to the Limited, for at the Terrace End tbe Main Trunk and Napier lines lie side by side, and the beams were placed only on tbe former. A train passed over the line an hour and a half before, when tbe latter was clear. It was regarded as a fortunate escape from what might have been a serious derailment.