PIG PUTS TRAIN OFF LINE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18380, 21 April 1923, Page 8

PIG PUTS TRAIN OFF LINE.

RELIEF MOTOR-CAR SERVICE. . ■ ■■:.■**. ' .',' ■-.-■'.:■ ■,): i -;iU ACCIDENT ON WEST COAST. }_ ■■■■■■ _ • ' - [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ' ? • ; GREYMOUTH. Friday. Through colliding with a pig, which ' had wandered on to the line, the train ;.& to Reefton, which leaves ■ Greymouth ijsi; daily at 5.30 p.m., : was derailed between >;: Hukarewe i ■ and:: ■;:Waimunga -j. at t ( eight |f| j o'clock, last night; .\There• were* about 20; z_A • passengers on the train, but all escaped ■"■■£] injury, and were conveyed to . their. des- ! tination •; promptly by motor-cairs sent ■ by $? the Department from Reefton. ' ,r " A breakdown train was sent from Grey- . mouth, and the 'gang worked all . night .with • splendid . results. The i : . line ? was fl| cleared this morning, and all rolling stock except the engine taken to Ikamatua, After clearing the track the gang ! concentrated efforts oh repairing the b, 'litt£wj which was badly torn up. , ! - Although the line .was obstructed, theSj Department was able, to cater in a makeshift way for passenger traffic this morning. Trains were • run to and from';lk»-M|l matua, but there was no traffic between Ikamatua and" Reefton. Cars brought passengers from Reefton to meet the Greymouth-bound : train, •; and • ? returned with the passengers from this By noon the line was clear ; and the; ( traffic j normal. ' ' .-' j