ATTEMPTED TRAINWRECKING.
? I By Telegraph.] ' [ONITKD PRBBB ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, 22nd August. 1 A diabolical attempt was made to-day to ; wreck the train from Auckland, near Hamil1 ton. At O'Neill's road crossing, two sleopors • wore so placed that if one did not derail it [ the other would be successful in doing so. • It was scarcely the work of children, as the L Bleepers were 100 heavy. One was placed ; with tho end down on tho hollow of a cattle I guard, with the other end projecting so as » to catch the wheels of the engine. Mr. ; T. H. White, passing, saw tho obstruction, , and removed it before the passage of tho ¦ train, and informed the police.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1892, Page 2
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115ATTEMPTED TRAINWRECKING. Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1892, Page 2
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