TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 May 1913, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PIR I'RBU AMOGIAfICX ' RAILWAY TRAINS COLLIDE. AUCKLAND, This Day. A passenger train from Henderson and a train from Auckland col- ' lided on the railway bridge at Now Lynn, at 6.50 o'clock this morning. Two carriages were telescoped, and both engines badly damaged. The facts, so far as ascertained, indicate , that the signals were obscured by ' a heavy fog. and were not visible , until the trains were right upon ' them. The driver of the Bonder- . son train, on observing the danger J signal, promptly aplied his brakes, { with the result that the passengers were thrown out of their seats. The _ rails were very greasy, and the af- ' fair occurred on a steep grade cover- ( ed with frost. The train kept on ( at a good speed until it crashed into ( the train from Auckland. The latter had gone up the line to a side ( track, and before it could return ] the collision occurred, on the mid- . die of New Lynn bridge. Tho en- i gincs collided head on, and both , were badly broken up. ] Later. , In the railway accident, the first , carriage of the Henderson train was not damaged, but the next two wer( ( completely telescoped, being crump- , ley up like a concertina. Both , carriages left the lines and were hanging over the side of tho bridge. . The next two carriages had thoii windows broken. The rearmost carriages escaped, as did the other train. As showing the force of the impacts it is mentioned that the buffers for altno.t the whole length of the train were crushed into one another. There were nearly 200 passengers oi the Henderson train, but only a few workmen on the other. About nim passengers sustained slight injuries, by cuts and bruises, while several wevv slightly hurt. Stone, a resident of (Jrntoa. was very badly in ju red. and was conveyed to the hospital. A railway employee (Thomas) a fireman on one of the engines. was very badly hurt. SA.KK BLOWN UP. WAXGANTI. This Iky. Burglars entered an office occupied by T. Bamber. last night, and removed a safe on a hardcarf to the ' river, where the door was blown up and tho contents scattered. It i> impossible to say yet whether any money was secured by tho robbers. (■ O YEU XMENT PLEDGES. MASTIiRTON, May 27. In responding to the toast of "Tlu Legislature,'' at a very successful Karn ers' Union banquet to-night, tin Hon. \V. H. Hemes stated that he wool I endeavour to place the Maori on the Maine footing as the European in land matters. The Government had endeavoured to carry out it: elect On pledges. It had secured tlu free!.old for Crown tenants, and hop ed to settle the question of freehold for s ttlemeiit lands during the coming session. The Government realised that it owned to the support of the Farmers' Union, and would do everything possible to assist farmers. Messrs I). H. Guthrie. D. Buick. M. M. Campbell. J. H. Eliott, and G. IJ. Sykes. M.'sP.. spoke in ;. similar strain.