ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN.
A NARROW ESCAPE. [United Press Association.] CHRIST3HURCH, This day. When a special goods train was proceeding from Christchurch to Islington yesterday morning, it had a very narrow escape of being derailed. The engine felt no collide with something and the train was slopped. On examination it was found that a large pieoe of rook had ■ been thrown off the line by the engine, which had run into it. The rock had evidently been iplaced on the line with the intention of wrecking tho train.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 26 April 1898, Page 2
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89ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 26 April 1898, Page 2
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