ACCIDENT TO EXPRESS.
ffOTJR OAKS DERAILED. Per Vrtst Association. AUCKLAND, June 30. The express .train leaving Auckland at 9.15 last on nearmg Tekauwhata station about 11 p.m., caught; the aiding poin'.s. The engine and mail van ran down the tiding points and the. rest or the train travelled aloijj the main line. Four first-class carriages were dragged diagonally across by the engine and derailed. The driver promptly shut off steam and stopped in fifty yards, jarring the pasand breakingtwo "vindows, but injuring no one except a lady who was cut on the arm with the br. ken glass. The passengers were detuned over seven hours, when they were transferred .to the morning express from Wellington, and with t!ho mail van proceeded on their way. 'he disaster migjt have been very serious but for the driver's promptitude. Traffic will be seriously impeded on the line all today. In connection witß the accident, two men will be suspended. The .accident was apparently due to the irregularity at the points.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14483, 3 July 1911, Page 7
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