ENGINE OUT OF CONTROL.
SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT. SEVERAL MEN INJURED. Per Press Association. WESTPORT, Feb. 28. A sensational accident occurred on the Westport-Stockton tramway line this afternoon. A motor engine, with, it is understood, about 30 waggons attached, got out of control coming down an incline, and was travelling at about 60 miles an hour. A number of men returning from work jumped off. and about 11 were more or less seriously injured. The engine spread over the line in “B” tunnel, after travelling about three-quarters of a mile, and pulled up, those who remained in the wagon being uninjured. Five of the men brought 10 the West, port Hospital are: Donald Hunter, chin and throat wounds, the most seriously injured; Thomas Nicholls, lacerated fingers, bruises and scalp wounds; Robert Campbell, scalp wounds and fractured collar bone; James Mcßean, fractured wrist and scalp wounds; Archibald Miller, lacerated fingers. No information is at present available concerning the others who were injured, but the fact that they are not being brought to hospital suggests that the injuries are not serious.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 78, 1 March 1929, Page 7
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177ENGINE OUT OF CONTROL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 78, 1 March 1929, Page 7
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