SENSATIONAL DERAILMENT
. CRANE TAKES 11 TRUCKS WITH IT (I'.A.) WHANGAUEI, Doc. 13. Mr George Martin, a crane operator, of Tallinn rere, and Mr William Gates, a crane operator, of Kawakawa, were admitted to hospital this morning, the ■former suffering from shock and a.brasions and injuries to his chest, and the latter from lacerations to the thigh, suffered when a railway crane was derailed early this morning, dragging 11 trucks with it. One truck was thrown 10ft. to the top of the bank of a cutting, and the others were scattered in a spectacular 'manner. About 60 men were engaged in clearing the wreckage, which held up the north and south trains.
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Evening Star, Issue 25047, 14 December 1943, Page 8
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111SENSATIONAL DERAILMENT Evening Star, Issue 25047, 14 December 1943, Page 8
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