EXPRESS WRECKING
ATTEMPTS ON NORTH MAIN TRUNK. BEAMS ACROSS THE LINE. (Per United Press Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH. .Tilly 9. Recently it was reported that an attempt had been made to wreck the Auckland night express at Bunnythorpo by placing a rail over the line and on investigation being made it was thought that it was the action of some thoughtless children. On Wednesday night vhat appears to have been another deliberate attempt to wreck the midnight express from Wellington took place on the Palmerston North side of the Awapuni railway station. It appears that a beam some six inches thick and twelve feet long, resembling those used in the construction of cattle stops, was placed across the rails. The beam was struck by the engine, which bears the distinct marks of the impact. The present occurrence following so shortly after the Bunnythorpo episode gives rise for suspicion that some dangerous person is at large.
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Southland Times, Issue 17699, 10 July 1914, Page 5
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154EXPRESS WRECKING Southland Times, Issue 17699, 10 July 1914, Page 5
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