MISHAP TO TRAIN.
VEHICLES DERAILED. Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 22. Passengers on an express train from Wellington to New Plymouth had to bo transhipped by bus from Lcpperton to-night as the result of the derailment of a mixed goods train at Smart Road station about. 6.40 p.m. One meat van and four wagons fell on their sides, and two trucks near a passenger carriage wore buckled to form a V. About 50 yards of track were torn up. There were three passengers on the train, but they were uninjured. It was expected that the express train would be able to pass on the loop line later, and that the New PlymouthWellington train would leave on schedule to-morro v morning.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 227, 23 August 1940, Page 2
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121MISHAP TO TRAIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 227, 23 August 1940, Page 2
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