ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 520, 29 May 1909, Page 14

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT. ENGINE AND NINE TRUCKS DERAILED. . 181 MUSOttAFH—NIESS iSSUCUTION.I • , ' ' Invercargill, May 28.* The down train from Lumsden to lavorcar-gill-this evening ran' into'a bull on this side of Lady Barkjy, 'and the engine and nine trucks wore derailed, the ongino being turned, completely over. , ' The.'driver was thrown clew, but was. stunned for some minutes owing 'to contact with a fence. The fireman was pinned down under the debris by the arm *nd back,, but both officials escaped with no more than severe bruisos. The accident was made known to the passengers by the violent bumping; but nobody was ■ hurt,'. . and the .damago was confined to the rolling stock, the permanent ~way, the freight, and the bull. The fact that grain freights are heavy just now: wae the probable reason why the accident was not. much more serious, as there l were "in this ■ train'an exceptional number of ,grain trucks ahead of the'carriages. ■::. SPLASHED BOILING TAR. 'IB* TELEouAPn—ruEss association.) ,•■■■■■■■■■ '■.■- '• May 28. ■. .An. unusual.accident occurred in the' municipal yards this morning. While the council employees* were dipping one of thelargo pipes being used in connection with the. high-pres-sure water supply into boiling tar, the block and tackle ''gave',way, precipitating the pipe into the tar,'which immediately caught fire from the .flames underneath. The alarm w'as given, and /.'the; motor : ; chemical engine from the fire brigade station'and,!the steamer and horse chemical' engine turned out. The blaze was extinguished ■ by'>the motor chemical engine.' Two L of: the 'council employees were severely'burned'by being splashed'with boiling tar.'j '■, ■■■ "''' " : ";.'■: :. . ~