EXPRESSES DELAYED
MAIL-VAN DERAILED By Telegraph —Preh, Associatkin PALMERSTON NORTH, Nov. I. Traffic on the Main Trunk line was temporarily dislocated in the very early hours of this morning by an accident 12 miles north of Taihape at Ngaurukehu, where the north-bound Limited express and the first express from the north usually pass each other. The mishap occurred at one o’clock when a mailvan attached to the southbound express was derailed. The express was being shunted on a gradient when the van became derailed, slewed across the track, also fouling the main line, which was effectively blocked. Both the up Limited and the down express had to be held up several hours till the lines could be cleared and the van detached. Meanwhile the Limited express from the north was overtaking the derailed first express which was further held up at Mataroa to allow the former, which also suffered some delay to pass. The Limited express arrived here one and a quarter hours late. The ordinary express was nearly five hours late.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21183, 2 November 1938, Page 6
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172EXPRESSES DELAYED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21183, 2 November 1938, Page 6
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