Head-on collision when a night freight train from the West Coast crashed into a stationary train from Christchurch at Aylesbury

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Head-on collision when a night freight train from the West Coast crashed into a stationary train from Christchurch at Aylesbury

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The cover of The Weekly News issue for April 6, 1938. Trains meet in head-on collision: one killed and several injured in railway smash near Christchurch last Wednesday. A night goods train from the West Coast crashed head-on at Aylesbury, 22 miles from Christchurch, into the stationary engine of a train from Christchurch in the darkness early last Wednesday morning. One life was lost and five people were injured. UPPER: Wrecked trucks and vans scattered about in wild confusion by the force o...

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1938-04-06

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Auckland Weekly News

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/287448

Related subjects

Bailey, Alfred, 1901-1938 / Railroads - Employees / Railroad accidents - Aylesbury / Locomotives / Railroad trains / Railroad passenger cars / Freight cars / Railroad cars / Portrait photographs / Magazine covers

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