TRAIN DERAILED
Ashburton, Apl. 20.
There was an accident'to a Mount Somers branch line train this morning about 20 miles from Ashburton, the engine and ten waggons becoming derailed, tearing up the permanent way for a distance of ten chains. The carriages did not leave the rails, and the only damage to rolling stock being a broken axle on one truck.
Drags are being despatched from Ashburton to bring the passengers to town.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 106, 20 April 1912, Page 5
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73TRAIN DERAILED Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 106, 20 April 1912, Page 5
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