ACCIDENT AT TE KUITI.
As the goods train from Taumarunui was running into Te Kuiti station on Friday night, shortly after half-past nine, the engine crashed into a waggon loaded with wool which was arriving from Pio Pio. The waggon, which was owned by Messrs Stevens and Co., and driven by Mr George McLaren, was cut in two and completely smashed, while the wool bales were scattered in all directions. The driver pluckily stack to his horses and held them in control, thus preventing damage to the frightened animals. McLaren sustained a severe cut on the arm, and a broken wrist, and his ability to control the horses in the circumstance is remarkable. The train was a very heavy one, having twenty-five trucks of sheep, and a similar number of timber and general goods trucks, beside a parseiigcr car and van, while the c-' J ie vas one of the heaviest r? n Lhe line.
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Waipa Post, Volume IV, Issue 181, 21 January 1913, Page 3
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