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PRANK OF SYDNEY CHILDREN. SLEEPER PLACED ON LINE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Jan. 3. Mischievous children residing in. the vicinity of the Darling Harbour goods assembling yards caused a serious train accident last evening. Fortunately nobody was injured. The youngsters placed a wood sleeper across the rails in the path of the out-ward-bound western goods train, which struck the obstacle travelling at 20 miles an hour. The locomotive and the four leading trucks left the rails and ploughed into a steep embankment. Several heavily loaded waggons in the centre of the train were telescoped and piled 50 feet in the air. Miscellaneous goods and merchandise were scattered in all directions, causing damage estimated at thousands of pounds. The engine crew escaped with a severe shaking and shock. The children watched the accident and then ran away.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1935, Page 7
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