John Arnold_The Evening Post_, 6 July 1923:
APPALLING DISASTER
ON MAIN TRUNK LINE
AUCKLAND EXPRESS RUNS INTO A SLIP
AT ONGARUE
FIFTEEN DEAD: THIRTY INJURED
PASSENGERS CRUSHED IN THE DEBRIS
One of the most disastrous #railway #accidents in the history of the Dominion occurred near #Ongarue, near #Taumarunui, about 6 o’clock this morning, when the Main Trunk express, which left Auckland at 11 o’clock last night, ran into a landslip, and three carriages were telescoped. Fifteen persons are dead and thirty injured.
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Passengers on the train state emphatically that no blame could be attached to the driver, and that the train was not travelling fast, but at a steady speed. Daylight had not broken when the accident happened.…
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APPALLING DISASTER
ON MAIN TRUNK LINE
AUCKLAND EXPRESS RUNS INTO A SLIP
AT ONGARUE
FIFTEEN DEAD: THIRTY INJURED
PASSENGERS CRUSHED IN THE DEBRIS
One of the most disastrous #railway #accidents in the history of the Dominion occurred near #Ongarue, near #Taumarunui, about 6 o’clock this morning, when the Main Trunk express, which left Auckland at 11 o’clock last night, ran into a landslip, and three carriages were telescoped. Fifteen persons are dead and thirty injured.
…
Passengers on the train state emphatically that no blame could be attached to the driver, and that the train was not travelling fast, but at a steady speed. Daylight had not broken when the accident happened.…
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