55 INJURED.

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55 INJURED.

IN TRAIN SMASH. TWO NEW ZEALAND NAMES. A cA usE OF DERAILMENT NOT KNOWN. cabie—raws associatiox—corratoßT.) 'mjstßAlU" AHD V z - CABLE ASBOCIATIOK.) BRISBANE, June 10. Editions to the list of those injured • B the railway disaster bring the total ' to 55 though many are not of a serious „>ture. iTjyo of the killed have so far not been identified. Both are tall men, one , ze j B bout 32 and the other between 10 and 50. Henry Clarkson, of Brisbane, was dangerously injured, and is suffering fcoO o fractured skull. Walter Powell, of Duncdin, and C.

Corbet** of Marlborough, were tho only \eff Zcalandcrs injured. Tho former il goffering from injuries to the head, jjfl the latter from a bruised knee.

He most seriously injured are: Fred. Qla'yer, severe shock; Evcrard Prizeman, lead arms, and internal injuries; Fred. ftdu'oß) bad cuts and bruises; Joseph Tftfftell, internal and head injuries; Too Moore, broken leg; Mavis Gould, internal injuries; W. Smith, injured to*

Douglas Bollinfield, .rack Dean, Tom jWmp»ey> w - Davey, c - Baxter, Mrs JlaeLean* George Arlctt, Hugh Gralim, Damasxo Dawstanco, A. Conyard, i ijil W. Fursdcn all suffered head juries. Mrs Dean, of Boggrabi, N.S.W., who tM killed, was married in Brisbane en the previous day, and was on her honeymoon. Her husband escaped 'lnjury. ! Among the passengers were 18 mom[jjKrj.of the Phillip Lytton Dramatic 'Company. All luckily escaped injury [ except Miss Ethel Page, whose hurt is [ «t-serious. I, Mr. H. L. Hartley, member of the < Assembly, was aboard the ytraj»j hut escaped scathlcss. { There were no casualties among the fort-class' passengers. ' Owing to the debris it is impossible it present to give the cause for the derailment. Carriages Standing on Eoofs. '• -The permanent way and' bridge are lltdly damaged, and the sleepers cut ojjlWintered for one.mile and a half ouh reaching tho creok, for which >)Jptßaee some of the derailed carriages ||sjt have bees, dragged before they ijjjdt the plunge. %ifte disaster was rendered more terj,3jjpj by the scenes of suffering wit'p§p& in the fitful light of lamps be'fm adequate assistance arrived. jfcflhe child of 15 months crawled out j|jl» mass',of wreckage slightly intho hoad. wero standing on r their j>-riife jrith wheels in the air. [ Thoeacuers carried on their work distressing cries and groans "WtU injured and those pinned by the sThe< chief injury and loss of life ocVeered, 'in the composite first and: lm|wc|ass coach, which was pulledj 'bridge by the luggage wag-j wore smashed practically to ;Pehwo<»d. terrible scenes of suffering /by the early arrivals. ";fJ?'jHongerß from the front portion of j'Jw train and ambulance men did heroic removing injured. Jacks had to be used to release those the wreckage. Heavy beams >,w't||jpe'moved and passages cut to r «fthe bodies. SMfWnP were many narrow escapes. lMs9wi' iW as free except for his feet,, had to be cut to release was thrown through the 'Mm*, ana fell 20 feet unhurt. l Ballway Commissioner, Mr Davie-' ** once pwceeded to- the' no official had been susit was considered the W ** clearly an accident. from him to the Minister r A«w^^* Vß states that two carriages IMMplnggage waggon at the rear Msjw ;**#■. One carriage, after about a mile and a half, fell [IIP* The other, which fell l"^p^? 8 oa the railroad, was not WPPHNEY OFF RAILS. f|»NdTICED BY GUARD. «s!££ BRISBANE, June 10. ||lj||sntfnatioa of the permanent IllpieJlseoVthat the luggage waggon 1 ono a nd a half miles from disaster and bumped * bridges while it was off the 3 'finally falling over the but the guard did anvt bi n £ was wrong. are still unidentified. Kl film 10 '} ia 3 ured include Henry fit undan> and M " Eobin9on ) Msllisif»k Bott arc in a crit ' c^l 'HP^ GERs, sTORiEs - ■• ;^^K^ TION CORD PULLED HBIfOO LATE. 'Vlrj^* ll6 iotn ' io - 4 ° p- m ')' 'flHfe* BRISBANE, June,lo. -'JraHiifr *° nov een identified {M|h^^ w ??' , of Boonah (Queens- , Hill, of Brisof Sadie Dean, Said they were married - twgNßtmwtf* c&m6 irom Gun " ''MmSSsmm-twi of next colunin,)

nedah to Queensland to search for work. His wife had just left the.compartraeht when the smash occurred. H)3 managed, after the first shock, to open the door and beard his wife moan his name. He tried to move her, bat she was pinned'in the wreckage, which had to be ait away. Previous to the acudent an unusual knocking noise was heard behind their carriage, but no one investigated it. Jack Stephens, one of the injured, said he was in the second last section of tho carriage which fell over the bridge. The irain was going fairly fast and "shortly before the smssh he thought he felt the carriage bumping Ldlv He looked out of the window and his friend, Philip R«g, who was killed also looked out.. They noticed the van behind projecting very much nVit«He the line of the carnages and £ flvfng from the wheels. SteXS went £nd pulled the commumcap_uens. w d - d tt camage £££.?■&*& torch. j»d toppUd ever !2na out. and moaning all around ?^ g W? struggled out of the debris men. _____ — __« ==