MISHAP TO GOODS TRAIN.
ENGINE WHEELS DERAILED. LIMITED EXPRESS DELAYED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TAIHAPE, Monday. A goods train which left Taihape at 11 o'clock last night for Ohakune struck a hard piece of clay that was lying on the railway track about one mile north of Mataroa. The front bogey wheels of the engine were derailed. The north-bound limited express was delayed at Taihape for an hour until the line was cleared.
The limited express reached Auckland at 10.51 a.m. yesterday, being over an hour and a-quarter late.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20759, 30 December 1930, Page 6
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89MISHAP TO GOODS TRAIN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20759, 30 December 1930, Page 6
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