Heavy Landslip.
Per Press Association
Wel"ngton, D >. G,
A heavy landslip has occurred on the Wellingtou-Musterton Railway, about a quarter of a mile on the We'hngton side of the summit. Traffic is interrupted, but the trains run as far as tho obstruction and then transfer passengers. It is not expected that tho line w’" ho cleared before to-moi row evening, as there arc about 10,000 tons of earth on the line. The slip was caused by the heavy downpour of rain which fell on Suuday and Monday.
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 7 December 1887, Page 3
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87Heavy Landslip. Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 7 December 1887, Page 3
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