RAILWAY MISHAP
TRAIN DERAILED. WARNING GIVEN BY RESIDENT (Per United Press Association). PALMERSTON NORTH, June 22. The Napier mixed train due at Palmerston North at 8 o’clock was derailed at 7.30 this evening two miles from Whakaronga about six miles from Palmerston North, due to the engine running into a slip caused by a fall in a steep cutting. The driver saw a fight on the line by a resident wishing to warn the approachcing train but nevertheless the engine drove through the slip and stopped as the front wheels were on the first sleepers of a narrow bridge with a 50 feet drop below. None of the 40 passengers were hurt. The passengers were motored to Palmerston North. It is expected that the line will be clear by this morning. The site of the accident is that of a similar accident to a race train list year.
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Southland Times, Issue 18975, 23 June 1923, Page 5
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