FIFTY PASSENGERS MAROONED
TRAIN DERAILED IN FLOODWATER. RELIEF DESPATCHED. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. A cloudburst near Molong badly damaged the railway line last night and caused a shallow lake to form. The Forbes express dashed into this, and the permanent way collapsed, derailing the engine, the tender, and two carriages. Fifty passengers were marooned, being unable to get away in the darkness, owing to the water. A relief train was sent from Bathurst. There has been no mention of casualties.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 February 1931, Page 8
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