ENGINE OF TRAIN OVER BANK.
DRIVER TRAPPED IN CAB AND KILLED. Greymouth, November 23. The engine of a ChristchurchGreymouth goods train ran into a washout one and a half miles from Aratika at 4 o’clock this morning, and capsized over a steep bank. The driver, Samuel Milton Horne, aged 44, was killed. He was trapped inside the cab of the engine. • The fireman, Mr Creighton, is suffering from slight cuts and shock. Five passengers suffered shock and bruises. The tender lying at right-angles to the track,, prevented the can’iage capsizing over the bank. Mr Horne was married with two children. He was transferred to Greymouth from Taumarunui a year ago.
The washout, which is 75 feet wide, was caused by heavy rain. The rails collapsed and the engine was thrown down the bank. Passengers in the carriage immediately following the engine and tender had a miraculous escape, the carriage coming to rest at an angle of 45 degrees and being partly supported by a telegraph pole on the inside of the track. On the other side of the track there is a 30-foot bank leading down to the Arnold River.
Traffic will be suspended till the 200 feet of new track is built. This will probably be completed to-mor-row. In the meantime road services will be used through Greymouth and Moan a.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 5170, 24 November 1939, Page 3
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