WAGON LEAVES RAILS
Southern Express Delayed
MINOR DAMAGE TO TRACK Bv Telegraph—Press Association \ Dunedin, May 9.
The midnight express from Invercargill to Christchurch was involved in an accident at 10.45 o’clock last night, a wagon containing oysters leaving the rails near Clarendon and being dragged for nearly a quarter of a mile along the track.
The mishap was caused by a tyre on the front set of bogie wheels breaking. Tlie wagon was directly behind seven carriages, so that the passengers were unaware of what bad happened till the express slopped. The wagon was one of four.
It is considered lucky that tlie other set of wheels did not leave the track and cause a general smash. The express was travelling fairly fast but only minor damage was done to the track. The express was only an hour lute at Dunedin. There was no interruption of traffic.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 190, 10 May 1938, Page 13
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