TRAIN DERAILED.
THREE LADS ARRESTED. AUCKLAND, January 29. As the result of a police inquiry into a railway accident near Kingsland, three lads aged 18 years will appear at the court charged with attempting to wreck the Ilelensyille train. The derailment was first believed to he due to road metal on the lines, but in addition a heavy iron brake block was picked up on the line cracked, as if struck by a bulky object. Whether this was placed on the line or was accidentally Ivin-g where found is not very clear. Measurements show that the engine travelled about 95 yards from the obstruction before being pulled up and crossed over two cattle stops. The train included five or six passenger coaches all fairly well filled. The engine and the carriages are practically undamaged.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3595, 6 February 1923, Page 9
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134TRAIN DERAILED. Otago Witness, Issue 3595, 6 February 1923, Page 9
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