THIRD ATTEMPT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 7

THIRD ATTEMPT

to wreck TRAIN (United Pre.Hn Association.) PALMKKSTON N., April ». "Iv third attempt in le w thai: ■"> i idoth to wrer): - (.iv.ie, within three ■■■■: foiii 1 aide:* of Pitlmi'mto■■• IVjiU., wus •mute on Saturday cuming, diet; the late mixed train from Napier ran into an obstruction on a level crossing about :i mile on the Whakaronga side of t he municipal gasworks. The engi/i ■ struck seven e:u tie-stop beams which had been torn up and laid cross v. isc n\ er th" rails exact ly in the same w i> as in Ihe at tempi ai derailment |ierpel rated on the Auckland line near I'.u m\ lliorpe early on Saturday morning .mil at the Terrace End and Kelvin drove crossings on the evening of Hth Mjuvh. In nil eases the engine bogie wheels smashed :.iid scattered the wood wiilimu leaving Ihe track. In e.icii the escape from a grave ticeiden! has been fortunate for the crossings arc all so situated as lo he sutlicieutly distant from the nation to insure the train travelling at a fair rate of speed. f When the engine of the Napier Irani hit the obstruction on Saturday nighl it lifted perceptibly as the hoge:' wheels (rushed the beams, but it kept to the t rack. The ]*issengers were unaware that anything unusual had happened, and did not feel the. shock. In connection with the Blllinythorpo incident on Saturday morning', i 1 transpires that in addition to placing obstructions on the line ,\i\d cutting the signal conl nd wire-, the t ra in-wreckers severed a number of telephone wires running alongside the railroad. The police are pontinnii." their invest igat ions.