RAILCAR HITS STAG
tPer Press Association. — Copyright .] CHRISTCHURCH, Monday.
A railcar collided with a stag on the Midland line early this morning.
Two windows in the car were broken, and the stag was killed. The vehicle, v/hich left Christchurch at 2.30 a.m., was delayed for 38 minutes, but the time was made up on the remainder of the journey. A second railcar left as a relief at 4 a.m.
The intension was that the second car should bring passengers to Christchurch last night. The vehicle, however, collided with a railway trolley at Inchbonnie. Two men on the trolley jumped clear before the impact. The trolley was wrecked and the car damaged.
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Northern Advocate, 1 December 1936, Page 10
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