1. View of the engine firmly embedded among tons of slush which came down during the landslips, completely blocking the Main Trunk line between Taihape and Hunterville. 2. Some of the wrecked waggons which suffered as a result of the train’s collision, with the landslips. Altogether 13 trucks of the train were smashed to matchwood. 3. The engine and tender photographed shortly after encountering the slip near Hunterville. The engine and tender at first fell on their sides, but additional earth coming down forced them almost on their wheels again. 4. Dislocation of traffic on the Main Trunk Line owing to serious landslips. Goods train running south from Taihape runs into the slip near Hunterville, the engine, tender and several waggons being derailed.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1473, 18 July 1918, Page 19
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1231. View of the engine firmly embedded among tons of slush which came down during the landslips, completely blocking the Main Trunk line between Taihape and Hunterville. 2. Some of the wrecked waggons which suffered as a result of the train’s collision, with the landslips. Altogether 13 trucks of the train were smashed to matchwood. 3. The engine and tender photographed shortly after encountering the slip near Hunterville. The engine and tender at first fell on their sides, but additional earth coming down forced them almost on their wheels again. 4. Dislocation of traffic on the Main Trunk Line owing to serious landslips. Goods train running south from Taihape runs into the slip near Hunterville, the engine, tender and several waggons being derailed. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1473, 18 July 1918, Page 19
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