MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.
CURIOUS : SUBSIDENCE REPORTED.. UIV THI/EGlt.M'U —PItKSS ASSOCIATION.)' •' y • " Talhaps, March 25;, ' An extraordinary report comqs from,, the ■ Main Trunk works. It appears that, a cutting above Waiouru on the lino proner.suddenly • subsided, showing the presence of -a, largo: bottomless cave. At present trains do not: run - over ■ this line, but go by way of what is commonly known as the deviation, It. -is 'Stated,-,that the cutting—which ia a large r'oiie—'will be practically useless] Further .reports. state ..that the cave in ''she Waiouru, .cutting ,is fifteen feet deep, running at right, angles across :the formation. . .It is, .believed to : be :an old dried-up underground watercourse. It is anticipated that it can bo filled up with J stones without trouble#
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 156, 26 March 1908, Page 9
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121MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 156, 26 March 1908, Page 9
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