LINE IN MID-AIR
MAIN TRUNK SUBSIDENCE PASSENGERS TRANSHIPPED i WORKMEN RUSH REPAIRS ) (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) TE KUITI, Monday A fresh wash-out occurred on n the main trunk line, six miles e south of Te Kuiti at 10 a.m. tot day. The Taumarunui-Frankton past senger train passed over at 9.30 e I a.m., but the southern train leave ing Te Kuiti at 10.7 a.m. on ar--11 riving at the spot found the line I in mid-air, over a subsidence of n | 100 ft. by 10ft. deep. 1 I I, j The train returned with its pasy • sengers to Te Kuiti, whence they were a ! despatched by bus to Puketutu sta- - J lion, where a train from Taurnarunui ) will connect until repairs are effected. - I A gang ol' workmen arc rushing rc- - pairs in order to restore through main i I trunk traffic as speedily as possible.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20888, 21 August 1939, Page 8
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146LINE IN MID-AIR Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20888, 21 August 1939, Page 8
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