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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 31 Aug 1923:
THE ONGARUE REPORT
The report of the Board of Inquiry into the Ongarue railway disaster should give satisfaction to the public in so far as it shows that the Railway Department has not been sacrificing safety to speed or economy.… neither the Department nor its servants relaxed their precautions… those precautions were sufficient to guard against any reasonable risk.…
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Black-and-white photo: Train smash on North Island Main Trunk Line. Description: The huge rhyolite boulder (left) primarily responsible for the telescoping of the second-class carriages and derailing of the Auckland to Wellington express near Ongarue. Seventeen people were killed in the accident. Auckland Weekly News, 12 July 1923, p. 38. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19230712-38-04. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/236849
Aug 30, 2023, 06:46 PM·Public·Web
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