RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A PASSENGER TRAIN. I (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELKGRAM.) EKETAHINA.. Apri; 17. I Th-e mail train lrom Wellington was i partly derailed at 1 p.m. yesterday. While coining into tho station at. Eketaluina. tlio front ongLru> left, the main lino, and got on tlu> side of the track ; where the pointr- weit> unlockod. It thon wont olf tho line, but a truck was tho ensrinos and tlu» second oncjino rrinainvd on the lino. 'Hie iioxt i two paiH-fngi'r car.s Avoro derailed. Jho train truvoilod fifty yanls befc-iv it was brought to a standstill. Tho jxois. about 400. ivcvuvd a great fright. Tho train w;i> beliind timo. «nd was running into the station at iwolvo miles jvr iiotir. The engines to be undamaged. One took the train on ami the other w;i* got on the l.no the morning. Tho permanent way was but ilittlo injured. All train." are runnin.n ! two hours bito. A porter has boon js-u.-pended, and an eiuiuiry will be Held.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12481, 18 April 1906, Page 5
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