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This photograph shows a derailment on the Palmerston North - Napier Line, Keith Street Palmerston North. About eighteen wagons were derailed.There were a spate of attempts to derail trains on the line, through the use of debris on the line, objects thrown at the drivers and one case of shots being fired.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection R 18
Date
circa 1926
Digitisation ID
2014N_R18_007811
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

Tags
accident,
crash,
disaster,
photographs,
railway,
railways,
terrace end,
train,
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