EXPRESS HELD UP
LINE UNDER WATER
(B.v Telegraph—
n ess Association.)
INVERCARGILL. February 24.
Passengers travelling on the southbound express tonight had a little adventure in passing through the flooded area near Gore. As the line was under water in several places between McNab and Gore it was thought inadvisable to take the train through this portion of the line. The train was held up at Clinton for over an hour until it was decided to bring it to McNab and transfer the passengers to road transport for the few miles to Gore. A bus was hired by the Department to take the passengers through a stretch of water two feet deep lying beween McNab railway station and the main road. They then entered taxis, which took them to Gore, where a relief train was waiting.
Had the road been blocked south of McNab instead of north the passengers would probably not have got through to Invercargill tonight. As it is they will arrive nearly four hours late, as the relief train is not expected to leave Gore till 11.30 and will not be here till after 12.'30.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 10
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188EXPRESS HELD UP Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 10
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