ATTEMPTS AT TRAINWRECKING.
ANOTHER CASE IN MANAWATU DISTRICT.
(PBBSS ASSOCIATION TEIBGBAM.) PALMERSTON N-, July 9. Recently it was reported that an attempt had been mado to wrec* tho Auckland right express at Bunnythorpe, by placing a rail on tho line. Upon investigations being made, it was thought that it was tho act of some thoughtless children. On Wednesday night, however, what appears to have been another deliberate attempt to wreck the midnight ex»tts.s iroaT was .oauo on too palmerston side of the Awapuni railway station. . , , A beam about six inches thick and twelve feec long, resemonng tnoso used in the construction of cattle-stops, was placed across the rails. The beam was struck by the engine, which bears the distinct marks of the impact.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15016, 10 July 1914, Page 7
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