CLUTHA RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Evening Star, Issue 3647, 30 October 1874, Page 2

CLUTHA RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

To the Editor. ISir,—No intimation yet of any inquiry into the cause of the smash on the above line The summary sham dismissal of an engi.i e driver must not be allowed to cover any passible ignorance c>) his superiors, who gave him his orders ; and, although lam quite sure no inquiry will ever get at the truth, still an inquiry must be held before die public will be in any degree satisfied. As to the facing points or switches, they nni' t be done away with—live; and limbs fceing thought more of than b les of wool, bricks, or broken metal—the opinion ot Air onyers to the contrary notwithstanding.— 1 am, &c , One who suffered more than he WAS AT FIRST AWARE OF. Dunedin, October 30, Tq the Editor. —Tn yonr account of the above in the "■tarof the li7ch inst., you state, “The accident is purely attributable to the carelessness of the locom tive foreman, whose ad mi-sion of the fact caused Mr Conyers, tbe railway manager, to at once dismiss h>m. Ihe dischaiged has rendered himself liable to severe puui-huient.” Upon making inquiries 1 found that the gentleman referred to wj's dismissed tor culpab’e negligence ; but I was astonished List night to hear that he was H. a.u re in t itl'd. Alight i a-k what he has done to merit this latter? Has tnere been an investigation’? and, if so, are the public to know the result? It sc ms to me, to use the Aminadab Meek st. le, that this looks like holding out a premium to engineers to turn out wholesale human si lightermen—l use this last term as 1 feel strong on the subj. ck I luckily did not rec ive any injury woith speaking of. but some of my family did; and I think thao in the interests of comm a humanity a strict investigation should at once be held (if not already done), and the public mind to a certain extent relieved by knowing that the Tiilwa ■ authorities ape determined to punish and not to applaud such gross carelessness as the mutter referred to 1 trust my Green Island and Caveisham friends will not let this matter rest, but keep a watchful eye u ion it, till they get some satisfaction for the gratuitous wounds and bruises they received cn Tu sday morning last.—i am, &c.. Caversham. Caversham, October 30.