RAILWAY MISHAP

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 November 1939, Page 2

RAILWAY MISHAP

MIXED TRAIN DERAILED

[per press; ASSOCIATION.]

i INVERCARGILL, October 31. Five trucks/ d ■lto4' , S6-box/'h'nd two carriages ‘iTeral'fed h. few 'chains north of Brydone Hill when a mixed train from Invercargill to.,Clinton was derailed a few minutes ’hfter noon today. None.of the- six passengers.was injiii-ecl,’'although an elderly woman was treated fbi’ Alth ! ough'"the fcaifsb, of flie'’ac’ci'dent has ‘hot : bbeif determined, it 'is 1 thought to have been due to a fault iifjqii.q.'of thb trucks; which'“sevferal ..motdrists saw jumping 'on the track'just before the 'accident'.” The carriages' remained "’upright - as they left the but the trucks, which were filled with/cd'al, capsized, som'e rolling down ah embankment. When the tritl’n stopped one of the' carriages stood with two trucks ranged alongside. Further along the train, beside the front, carriage, lay two more 1 trucks. The- horsebox contained a Clydesdale champion, and it was- necessary to use an axe to release the horse, which was not scratched. Although considerable damage was done to the track, the express was able to get through, arriving at Invercargill an hour and a half late.