A TRAIN DERAILED.
NOBODY INJURED. [Per Pkkss Association.] STRATFORD, May 14.
A washout occurred on the Toko line yesterday, and the 7 p.m. train, consisting of engine L, a waggon and cream van, two carriages and a guard's van, fell a distance of ten feet. The. driver and fireman jumped inwards and escaped injury, but if they had remained in their usual positions they must have been seriously injured, and possibly, killed. The engine is resting on its wheels, the next waggon standing on end, and the cream van is reared in the air. The passengers were alarmed but not hurt. The accident occurred three-quarters of a mile out of Toko. Special trains, with a crane and material, have gone out to effect repairs, and meanwhile traffic is suspended. Several small washouts are .reported as a result of tho hea - rains.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13127, 15 May 1903, Page 2
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141A TRAIN DERAILED. Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13127, 15 May 1903, Page 2
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