BOULDERS ON LINE
ATTEMPT TO DERAIL TRAIN
BELIEVED WORK OF BOYS
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 22. An attempt was made on a recent afternoon to derail a train on the Wellington-Johnsonville line. It is believed to have been the work of children. Boulders and other obstructions w T ere placed on the line near the tunnel. The train hit them, but fortunately it was not travelling fast enough to be derailed. There was a steep drop over a bank not far from where the obstruction was placed. When the driver got out to clear the boulders, he heard boys laughing in the gorse above the line, but did not see them. No damage was done to the train or the track.
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Evening Star, Issue 25620, 22 October 1945, Page 4
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120BOULDERS ON LINE Evening Star, Issue 25620, 22 October 1945, Page 4
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