RAILWAY MISHAP
SHUNTING .ENGINES COLLIDE I Per Press Association! CHRISTCHURCH, March 23. Two railway engines, while shunting in the goods yard at Christchurch railway station, collided about 3.30 p.m. to-day and each was. partly derailed. The driver .of one engine was thrown out of his cab on to the ground, being slightly injured. The engines were travelling in the same direction on converging sets of rails and both were moving fairly slowly. Repair work started immediately afterwards, but it was not until eight o’clock that both engines and tenders had been removed and the track completely repaired.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 70, 24 March 1937, Page 7
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