THE CHEAT RAILWAY SMASH.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 July 1910, Page 3

THE CHEAT RAILWAY SMASH.

LATEST PARTICULARS. L Bi KLKCXHIC TELEGRAm-COPXRIGHT.] [I'F.R PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day, 10.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The correct list of tho killed reduces the number to nino. C. BSmith, who was previously included in the killed, is safe. The name Haugher .should bo Hawgler. lho latest return makes tho number ol wounded one ihundred and ten, but the 'majority are only suffering from slight injuries or shock. Tho work of rescue was dithcult and dangerous, and tho lack of proper tools impeded the work greatly. The crowds round the battered carriages caused much confusion. Despite tho best efforts of a large number of bands, who got to work as soon as humanly possible, some of tihe injured had to be left pinned under the debris for a long time. # Tho sufferings, cries and pain were terrible. Meanwhile, good Samaritans, many of their own faces bruised and 'bleeding, were holding cups and glasses of water or stimulants to the lips of those accesible among the wreckage. Numerous stories of remarkable tales of escape of those who travelled in the colliding trains are current. Last night about twenty-six injured remained in the hospitals. The most serious cases are those cf broken limbs, injured spines, and had cases of concussion. The majority are progressing satisfactorily. The evidence of the actual factors loadinsr to the disaster is.conflictin". The sisriialmnn at Richmond Station declares that the-- signal wos against the Elsternwick tram.