A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
LINE GIVES WAY.
ENGINE OVERTURNS
(Press Association.)
Taumaruni, May 25
Shortly after 7 o’clock this morning a big A.B. engine weighing over 70 tons was thrown from the line on to a bluff near the Kakahi Salmon Hatcheries and about nine miles from Taumarunui.
The engine was returning to Taumarunui after banking a train which was running late.
No warning was received by the crew, but just as the engine arrived at the spot the complete bank gave way and took the ballast from under the line. The engine turned turtle. The driver was thrown clear, but Fireman Johansen was pinned, and had to be released. He suffered slight injuries to his back. The engine is now lying on its back 20 feet from the line.
The slip is larger in magnitude than the one at Piriaka, and will take two days to clear. Fireman Johansen, speaking to a Pressman, said he was lucky to be alive. “How the mail and the limited got over is a wonder to me. If they had been caught it would have been worse than the Ongarue disaster, as there is nearly a straight drop to the road below, and the Wanganui River is further down still.”
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2119, 26 May 1925, Page 5
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206A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2119, 26 May 1925, Page 5
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