AN ENGINE DAMAGED AND TRUCKS SMASHED TO MATCHWOOD. A railway accident occurred just our of Auckland recently, when a train of is ballast waggons, drawn by a heavy engine, broke away as it was running down the grade from the scoria pit at Mount Albert, and crashed into eight stationary trucks on the siding above the Mount Albert station. Five of the trucks were smashed to pieces, some damage was done to the engine, and for nearly two hours traffic was disorganisid on the Main Kaipara line. The driver and the fireman. who remained on the engine, were uninjured. our illustrations give a good idea of the scene on the line after the collision, the lower one particularly showing the ruins of some of the smashed trucks.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 25, 21 June 1911, Page 19

AN ENGINE DAMAGED AND TRUCKS SMASHED TO MATCHWOOD. A railway accident occurred just our of Auckland recently, when a train of is ballast waggons, drawn by a heavy engine, broke away as it was running down the grade from the scoria pit at Mount Albert, and crashed into eight stationary trucks on the siding above the Mount Albert station. Five of the trucks were smashed to pieces, some damage was done to the engine, and for nearly two hours traffic was disorganisid on the Main Kaipara line. The driver and the fireman. who remained on the engine, were uninjured. our illustrations give a good idea of the scene on the line after the collision, the lower one particularly showing the ruins of some of the smashed trucks.