Hie top photograph Shews the big locomotive of the Express trails lying on its aife'ftn the spot a.t vrMoh.it overturned after emhiiig thwagi the tail. of the goods train. Tli© of thft wagons awd trucks into trhich. itdashed can bo seen piled up-In front and on tin., sii© of it. Tiie bottom picture gives a clear idea-of the manner is. which the Postal . van -oft the front of the picture crushed through the sleeping car behind it. ■ The. v«-iix, it will bo seen, struck the sleeper in a.ii uptvafd direction and at a slight angle fttwtss 'the car. Both trero long caw, «ftd oil close examination it wiH tie noted thatthe Postal Van h.ts telescoped through about three* •• •• r quarters 'the length of the. sleeper, its roof ljriftg flat along the roof of the* sleeper. Tli® passengers m the sleeper who escaped WfrnrtT were is, the far end of the sleeper, Mr. Orton Stevens'being about the middle of it. The ■narrowness of the escape of the Postal officials ca.rn be judged by the'fact that si second before the collision they were in that part of the Postal \m which clashed through the sleopor, On hearing' the warning whistio from \ ' the goods train, they rushed to-the fmnt of. their van to ascertaiii the V reason for the whistle, aiid thus probably saved their lives. • ' . Photos, by "Sew Zealand Sparling and Dramatic ReTjow."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2161, 29 May 1914, Page 8

Hie top photograph Shews the big locomotive of the Express trails lying on its aife'ftn the spot a.t vrMoh.it overturned after emhiiig thwagi the tail. of the goods train. Tli© of thft wagons awd trucks into trhich. itdashed can bo seen piled up-In front and on tin., sii© of it. Tiie bottom picture gives a clear idea-of the manner is. which the Postal . van -oft the front of the picture crushed through the sleeping car behind it. ■ The. v«-iix, it will bo seen, struck the sleeper in a.ii uptvafd direction and at a slight angle fttwtss 'the car. Both trero long caw, «ftd oil close examination it wiH tie noted thatthe Postal Van h.ts telescoped through about three* •• •• r quarters 'the length of the. sleeper, its roof ljriftg flat along the roof of the* sleeper. Tli® passengers m the sleeper who escaped WfrnrtT were is, the far end of the sleeper, Mr. Orton Stevens'being about the middle of it. The ■narrowness of the escape of the Postal officials ca.rn be judged by the'fact that si second before the collision they were in that part of the Postal \m which clashed through the sleopor, On hearing' the warning whistio from \ ' the goods train, they rushed to-the fmnt of. their van to ascertaiii the V reason for the whistle, aiid thus probably saved their lives. • ' . Photos, by "Sew Zealand Sparling and Dramatic ReTjow."