EFFORTS RENEWED
TO WRECK TRAINS
NEWCASTLE, DISTRICT
(United Press Assoeiation—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright'
(Received 20th June, 10.55 a.m.) SYDNEY. This Day
Two more deliberate attempts were made to wreck the Newcastle to Tarce trains near Wiiigluun, being the third within live days in that district. A. special police watch was kept. A ganger passed over the spot where the attempt was made half an hour before the train was due. In that brief time a sleeper and a baulk of wood and stones were placed on the line fifteen feet from a bridge over a gully. The locomotive lu’b them with terrific force and thrust them aside, hut kept to the rails. The engine was later found to he damaged.
The train wrecker, having failed in his first a(tempt, replaced the obstructions, but those were l discovered before another train was due.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 20 June 1932, Page 5
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141EFFORTS RENEWED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 20 June 1932, Page 5
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