EXPRESS TRAIN DELAYED.
DERAILING OF A TRUCK. f.EY TELEGRAPH — ASSOCIATION.] Fkildikd, Friday. A truck on a goods train which was coming into Feilding at one o'clock this morning became derailed half a milo from the station, and was drawn on the ballast and sleepers right to tho station before turning over. The truck wheels stripped the bolts off the fish plates along the line, and at tho bridge over the Makino Strea smashed all the sleepers and decking. A gang of men turned out, but it took several hours to clear the lino. The 'Auckland express was delayed five hours [by the obstruction.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15900, 24 April 1915, Page 7
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