North-Eastern Railway

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 96, 28 August 1923, Page 8

North-Eastern Railway

ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.

Press Association— Copyright. Aus tralion and N.Z, Cable Association London, August 26.

An attempt to wreck a train was discovered ,'at Lamesley, on the North-Eastern Railway, four miles south of Newcastle, twfelve hours after the Queen had passed on a journey to Scotland.

The driver of a later express reported the obstruction when he reached Newcastle and an investigation resulted in the discovery that an iron shoe used far lifting heavy objects had been placed across the rails, with the shoe gripping the inside of a rajil. Fortunately the express engine caught a lover attached to the sh'-e and threw the obstacle clear, hut if the shoe had been fixed on the outside it would have caused the derailment of the train.

Later, half a mile from the first obstruction, it was discovered that a warning board placed across the rails had beep smashed to pieces by a south-bound train.