ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKED.
. (Per Press c, *' , ' lon -l 'PALMERSTON N., Jast night, j Recently jt was reported 'that, an at-! tempt 1 had "b'.ceiV maflle to Avreek the; Auckland idglit express at Bunnythorpe ; by the placing of a .rait over; the line, ij On investigation being made,, it Avasl thought that' it was the act, of sonic thoughtless children. • On Wednesday night what- appears, to ,haA ; e befen another delibef'ate attempt tbAvreckthe midnight express from ' Wellington took place -on the Palmerston side Of Awapuni I'aihvay station. It appears that a beam some six ihcWthick and 12ft long* te^emblmg those used m the. construction of, cattle stops, ' was placed across tlie. rails. The beam was struck ,by the engine, and bears the-distihet marks' of the: impact. The present occurrence, following, so elbselv ..after the Bunny thqrpe, episode, gives Vise for suspicion thai some .dangerous person is at' large.'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13428, 10 July 1914, Page 1
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147ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKED. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13428, 10 July 1914, Page 1
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