ACCIDENT TO A TRAIN.
SENSATIONAL INCIDENT AT
LYTTELTON,
PLUNGE INTO THE SKA NARROWLY AVERTED. (Pct, United Tress Associmos.) CHRIfiTCfIURCII, March 26. At about 6 o'clock to night the fust c\pie,ss fiom Dnnc-din wilh a large number of passengcis was, imining- down the wharf alongside the Maiaroa, which wa.s about to lea\o for Wellington, when the engine, instead of pulling up at tho usual place, urn o\or ihe end of tho uuls, crossed the iiansverser, ploughed aero* the timber, knocked iho rails bejond tho tianMcisci out of phice, knocked the stopblock into the sea, and plunged moro than half her length o\ci the end of tho whaif, and remained .sl.vhoiian. lostmg on the fnoLox. Tlio bogie and four wheels, the cowcatcher, tho cjlindeis tho driving and eceenhic lods, and all the gear under the boiler dropped into tho sea.
Tho nam stopped with a terrific jerk, and tho passcngeis tumbled out much alauncd, but nobc-dj was injuicd. Tho JLuaioa was delayed for ovei an hour in consequence of tho engine blocking another tinin which contained more passengers,.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13862, 27 March 1907, Page 5
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176ACCIDENT TO A TRAIN. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13862, 27 March 1907, Page 5
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