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TRAIN RUNS AWAY. COLLISION AT MT. ALBERT. FIVE WAGGONS SMASHED, PASSENGER SERVICE DELAYED.

Stepping Back in TimeBy Bruce MorrisOctober 8, 2017

[June 10, 1911 – New Zealand Herald] A train of 18 ballast waggons, drawn by a heavy engine, broke away as it was running down the grade from the scoria pit at Mount Albert yesterday morning, and crashed into eight stationary trucks on the siding above the Mount Albert station. Five of the trucks were destroyed, some damage was…

FIRST WHITE GIRL? DEATH AT MT ALBERT

Stepping Back in TimeBy Bruce MorrisSeptember 29, 2017

A resident who claimed to be the first while girl born in Auckland, Mrs. ‘Annie Appleby,’ of Green Hill, Mount Albert Road, died yesterday at the age of 90 years. She was born in Wakefield Street, which was then a tea-tree waste. She was married to the late Mr. William Appleby, of Maungatawhiri Valley. Mrs. Appleby…

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