STOCK KILED
TRUCKS CAPSIZE AT BURNSIDE Thirty-two fat sheep were killed in a railway accident nt Burnside last night. A lino of Sheep-laden wagons was being shunted in for the next day’s sale. Through a mistake nt the points three trucks left the rails and fell .over on their sides. That was at about 10.30 ji.m. _ Immediately the railway staff, assisted by the stockmen, commenced the work of separating the dead sheep from the living. It was a difficult job. Using crowbars, the men knocked the ends out of the wagons, and liberated the terrified animals. Thirty-two of them wore dead. The sheep were being handled by the Loan Company, the Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association, and Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co. The trucks are more or loss damaged.
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Evening Star, Issue 19017, 12 August 1925, Page 8
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128STOCK KILED Evening Star, Issue 19017, 12 August 1925, Page 8
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