TRAIN COLLISION
MISHAP AT STATION. ( NO ONE~INJURED. (Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, March 24. The passenger -.express. - : ti’om the West- (Jpast eoilided with a goods tram standing on the main line at lAinvee station on Saturday afternoon. Three carriages, a van, and ;> or 6 : Wagons were damaged, but not derailed, and no one was injured, although the passengers were flung from their seats. The damaged engine was able to haul the Train on to. Christchurch, where it arrived an hour and a quarter late. - - Railway officers are , unable to state the cause, of the accident, but. n is thought the signals were at fault, ' The, damaged rolling stock, was left at Kirwee, and the passengers ware transferred to - other, carriages. An inquiry into the cause'" 01 the accident is being held.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10854, 25 March 1929, Page 5
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129TRAIN COLLISION Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10854, 25 March 1929, Page 5
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