TRAIN WRECKING ATTEMPTS
NORTH QUEENSLAND ' INCIDENTS
(Rec. 12.45 a.m.) BRISBANE, Mar. 18. The Queensland police are investigating two more attempts to wreck trains, this time in North Queensland* near Charters Towers. The crew of a r»H .motor from Townsville found a fire on a bridge over a creek three miles from Charters Towers. Nearby Was a sign, reading: “Scab. Next time you take a train up at your own risk.” The other case occurred when a mixed goods train on an upgrade a mile from Charters Towers skidded and came to a sudden halt* The crew found that the brakes' had been applied without their knowledge, and a lonr stretch of the line was covered in oil. Had the sudden stop broken a coupling* the waggons would have run down the incline and been wrecked.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25447, 19 March 1948, Page 7
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