TRAIN STRIKES SLIP
ENGINE PARTLY BURIED PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED TAUMARUNUI-STRATFORD LINE [by telegraph—own correspondent] TAUMARUNUI, Monday Striking a largo slip on the Taumaru-nui-Stratford railway line, about a mile from Ohura, in the early hours of Saturday morning, the engine of a mixed train was partly buried, but was not derailed. No one was injured, and the passengers, perishable goods and mails were transferred to another train on the other side of the slip. The train had left Taumarunui at 2.50 a.m., and was due at Ohura at about 5 a.m. Gangs were sent to clear the line. Traffic was disorganised during the day, but the line was again clear at about 11 p.m.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22725, 11 May 1937, Page 10
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