A BROKEN COUPLING.
SOUTH ISLAND EXPRESS. SLIGHT DELAY CAUSED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day.The South express from Dunedin was delayed for thirty-five minutes last night when a coupling broke between two carriages. The train was climbing the long uphill grade by Waitati when a succession of sharp jerks was felt by the passengers in the rear of-the train, due to the hist four carriages having broken away and slackening speed. The engine went on to the top of the hill and then shunted back, and the driver and fireman set to work to instal a new coupling. The task occupied thirty-five minutes, but the time was made up when crossing the Canterbury Plains and the express arrived in Christchurch only four or five minutes after the scheduled time.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 95, 23 April 1926, Page 6
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129A BROKEN COUPLING. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 95, 23 April 1926, Page 6
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