ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN
OBSTRUCTIONS ON LINE
DISCOVERED AFTER PASSAGE OF QUEEN’S TRAIN.
XVeoa Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August 26. (Received Aug. 27, at 7.45 p.m.) An attempt to wreck a train was discovered at Lamesley,' on the North-eastern, Railway, four miles south of Newcastle, 12 hours after the Queen had passed on a journey to Scotland. The driver of a later express reported an obstruction when he reached Newcastle, and an investigation resulted in the discovery that an iron shoe, such as is used for lifting heavy objects, had been placed across the rails with the shoe gripping the inside of the rail. Eortunately the express engine caught the lever attached to the shoe and threw the obstacle clear. If the shoe had been fixed on the outside it would have caused the derailment of the train. It was later discovered that half a mile from, the first obstruction a warning-board which had been placed across the rails had been smashed to pieces by a southbound train.—A. and N.Z, Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18952, 28 August 1923, Page 7
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