ENGINE WHEELS DERAILED.
STONE PLACED ON LINE. BOY'S DANGEROUS PRANK. [BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] WELLINGTON. Sunday Charged with obstructing a train at Johnsonville, by placing a stone on the line, a boy, aged 12 years, appeared in the Children's Court yesterday before Mr. J- H. Salmon, S.M. The evidence showed that the boy, while playing with two younger children, who were placing stones on the line, brushed aside the stones and put a fairly large piece of rock on the track. When the Paekakariki train, which was travelling at 25 miles an hour, reached the spot, the driver saw the stone too late to pull up, and the two front bogey wheels were derailed, damaging the track for some distance. The magistrate severely admonished the boy, saying the offence was serious as the train might have been completely derailed, with a consequent loss of life. The lad's father undertook to keep him under strict supervision.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19620, 26 April 1927, Page 12
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155ENGINE WHEELS DERAILED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19620, 26 April 1927, Page 12
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