SHOT FIRED AT TRAIN.
NARROWLY MISSES GUARD. Electric Telegraph—Press Association MARTON Last Night. An extraordinary incident on the railway at Westoe Hill, five miles from Marton, on Wednesday afternoon has just been revealed. A mixed' train from Palmerston North to Marton was moving slowly up the hill about 4 p.m. when the guard, Mr J. Pickering, heard a shot fired. Almost simultaneously the wooden framework above the window at the rear of the van was splintered and the missile richoc-het-ted against a steel plate near the roof, which was dented. The guard was sitting only a few inches below. It is evident' from tile position of the marks on the van that the shot was fired from the top of the embankment. No missile was found. No explanation of the outrage has been «give n.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10334, 4 September 1926, Page 5
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