REPORT FROM OHAKUNE
The Ohakune correspondent of the P.re'ss' Association advised' this morning that heavy rainfall had caused the collapse of a culvert and washouts between Baurimu and Ongarue, and floods at Karioi.
The engine,, a'passenger car, and the van of the down Limited express wore derailed, about a quarter of a mile north of Okahukura, north of Taumarunui. «No injuries were sustained by passengers. • The express for the north left Ohakune at 10.15 last night, but was -delayed at Owhango, and is still there.. The up Limited to Auckland" went through the flood at Karioi, and was delayed, and now at Ohakune. Breakdown trains and workers' trains are being dispatched to all points affected, and present indications are that north of Okahukura the line will be cleared by 5 p.m. today. There are no- indications of through communication between Raurimu and Taumarunui. It will be a big job. The full extent of the damage is not known. All rail traffic is suspended. The floods at Karioi are subsiding, and workmen from all points are being brought to the scene of the washout.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 68, 22 March 1933, Page 8
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183REPORT FROM OHAKUNE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 68, 22 March 1933, Page 8
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