RAN INTO SLIP
Rugby Excursion Train DELAYED FOR TWO HOURS COWCATCHER BADLY TWISTED (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. A special train of Rugby excursionists from Auckland was delayed tw’o hours when it ran into a slip at 2.15 p.m. to-day at Tuhua where heavy rain had brought down a slip of large papa boulders. The cowcatcher of the engine was badly twisted and had to be removed before the train could proceed. The woodwork of one carriage was slightly splintered. The train pulled up very suddenly, but no passengers were injured.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 154, 9 July 1934, Page 5
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