RAILWAY MISHAP
ENGINE JUMPS POINTS
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, July 17. ■ Jumping the points at . a siding a quarter of a mile north of the Mount Eden railway station tonight,, the locomotive of an inward-bound suburban passenger train left the rails, ploughed up a section of the track, and came to rest- against a bank at an angle of 45 degrees. ■ • - •
The van immediately behind the locomotive was dragged partly-from the. track, but the rest of the'tVain, consisting of four carriages, .remained on the rails. !Nbbody was injured, and the train -crew, escaped with a shaking.
Hona Olsen, international lecturer, will lecture,-at the Conference Hall, Dominion; Farmers'. Institute, tomorrow at 7.30 p.m., her subject being ''Divine Law in Action—lts Sevenfold Aspect." Written questions will be answered.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 16, 18 July 1936, Page 13
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