A CLOSE CALL.
MAIN TRUNK DISASTER NARROW-
LV AVERTED
DRIVER'S QUICKNESS SAVES
TRAIN
(Per Presa Association.)
AUCKLAND, June 1
Disaster to the Main Trunk express was averted by the narrowest of margins at the Raurimu Spiral, on Saturday night. Tlie second express from Wellington to Auckland contained 300 passengers, and when it reached tho top of %he Spiral, a boulder about half-a-ton in weight lay in its track. The engine driver, Alexander Whistler, promptly applied the Westinghouse brakes, and stopped tho train in the nick of time, the cow-catcher of the engine actually striking the boulder and being damaged. It took about nn hour nnd a half to remove the obstruction, nnd a, new engine was secured at Tailmarunui.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17586, 2 June 1919, Page 9
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119A CLOSE CALL. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17586, 2 June 1919, Page 9
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