ANOTHER RAIL MISHAP
OAR BECOMES DETACHED
PREMIER A PASSENGER
BRAKES ACT PROMPTLY
(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received August 10, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 10.
The Albury mail train, to which was attached the Premier’s carriage, was detained tor an hour near Harden when a sleeping car parted from the main body of the train.
The Westinghouse . brakes were applied automatically, the parted sections of the train stopping within five yards of each other.
The mishap occurred about 30 miles from the scene of the recent derailment at Bowning. The Premier, Mr. B. S. Stevens, and Mr. J. Lawson, MX.A., were aboard the train. The latter was injured in the Bowning accident.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18163, 10 August 1933, Page 7
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