TRUCKS DERAILED
MAIN TRUNK TRAFFIC DELAYED (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, September 22. Seven of nine wagons that were being hauled from Frankton to Auckland were derailed at midnight about two miles south of Rangiriri, Six trucks were badly smashed and nine calves killed. A repair gang quickly restored the track and the traffic was normal before noon, although the expresses from Wellington and two goods trains were delayed. . The driver’s intimation of the mishap was a slight jolt which gave him the impression that a hose-bag had broken, and he brought the brakes into commission. He stopped the train and walked along the line of wagons, where he found the cattle strewn about the line and the trucks Relief workers who were working nearby assisted in the task of clearing the line, and another goods train which arrived hauled the 87 remaining wagons back to Ohinewai. The damage to the track was not extensive. . The express from Wellington was delayed for an hour and a-half, and tne limited for 45 minutes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22066, 23 September 1933, Page 13
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