THE TRAIN FATALITY

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1923, Page 2

THE TRAIN FATALITY

[ny TEI.EOP.APH —PEII PRESS ASSOCIATION.] A SAD END. napier, July 9. AY. Leah, killed in the railway accident. belonged to Napier. He arrived hore in November last from England and joined Richardson’s fleet as cook. He wns on his way front Auckland to Wellington to meet his wife, "ho is arriving by the Athenic. THE INJURED. TAUMARAXO. July 9. The latest bulletin from the hospital regarding the railway injured states: Serious eases—Collins had a good night and his condition lias improved. Cam),bell is doing very well. AleFarlane shows improvement. Tcalc is doing well. There has been some anxiety over Airs Smith, but she is now also doing well. The following me making good progress : Dignan. Brownlie, Walker. lyler, Floy, Wheeler, Shepherd. Billing. Hughes, Morgan, .Miss Morgan, Miss Gordon, and Mrs Henderson.

ANOTHER DANGER ZONE

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TE KUITI. July 9. The portion of the main trunk between l’uket.utu and Ie Kuiti, which I lias been causing the Railway Depart- J mem a good ileal ol anxiety of late, was inspected yesterday. This revealed the fact that the Department has good reason for anxiety for the safety oi tin* passengers traversing this route Above the lino there is a sloping hank, and below a fairly sleep drop of two or three hundred feel. A slip stalled ihere a week ago, below tlie line, and it is forty-eight feet wide. A fence- below the rails hangs in mid-air. The line is being watched day and night. After the passing of a train, the line subsides. It is then lifted bodily with jacks, and metal is poured under the rails. Sumo 23 truck-loads of metal has been placed under the rails in this manner in under a sixteen yard si retell, in the last few. days, but the yielding earth seems to swallow it almost as fast as ii rail be pm in. ANOTHER DEI?AILMENT. A goods train that went over tins portion last week had .seven waggons derailed, as the result of a jolt, after passing sunken rails. A ijuarry gang was requisitioned, and the waggons were put back oil the line in a few hours, nut much damage resulting. There is slipping land immediately below the rails, which is full of cracks and fissure-, and it may give way at any moment. It was thought to be sate enough in line weather, hut at present it looks dangerous. Tho ro(l'in landslip is said to have been caused by the recent continuous rains. Sunday and to-dav were line.