RAILWAY YARD MISHAP.
ENGINES COLLIDE AT LOOP. CREWS ESCAPE IXJURY. (By Telegraph—Presa Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. Two engines collided in the Christ - church railway yard this afternoon. It is stated that an engine drawing carriages was approaching the end of a loop when another engine was on the point of getting clear. The latter did not get clear soon enough, however, and the two locomotives collided. Both were damaged, but were still movable. They wore taken at once to the repair sheds. No one was injured.
The crew of one of the engine? jumped clear when the impact occurred.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270218.2.31
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 5
Word Count
98RAILWAY YARD MISHAP. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in