ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 75, 4 March 1916, Page 7

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

PICNIC TRAIN MISHAP. ENGINE DERAILED AND VAN SMASHED. PBB PRESS .AnnnnivnON. Christchurch, March 2. A. train conveying tlie L.vttelton Dis- f trict High School picnic f o Amberlcy met with a mishap at Addington this morning. The engine ran off the line and overturned. The van behind was smashed, but the carriages were not derailed. One child was thrown out of a carriage window, but was not injured. The driver and stoker jumped clear. The children were transferred to another train.. . BOATING ACCIDENT. ! THREE MEN MISSING. Tnvercargill, March 2. Edward Waters. Joseph Scolland, and Alexander Cameron are missing from Queenstown. They were last seen on Monday night attempting to cross the Kawarau river in a boat, which has been found five miles downstream, bottom up. The men are believed to have been drowned. STRUCK BY A MOTOR. MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION. Invercargill, March 2. | Thomas Baker, a single man, a laborer, was knocked down by a motor near Winton last night, sustaining a compound fracture of the leg and a broken shoulder and arm, also injuries to his head. His condition is critical. i SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT A RAILWAY CROSSING. j I i TWO CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS • KILLED. | Nelson, March 3. . A shocking accident occurred at the' Innesbrook railway crossing, a short distance from the city, this after-1 noon, when a motor-car travelling to Motueka collided with an incoming train. The car was driven by F. LI. | Hallam. orcbardist, of Tasman, who was accompanied by Messrs H. I). Pine (until recently head of the jobbing department of the Christchurch Press) A. "H. Green (advertising manager of the Christchurch Press), j and Percy B. Lomax (land agent, of Motueka). The car, which was travelling at a fair rate of speed, struck one of the waggons near the engine of the train with tremendous force, the car being wrecked and the occupants thrown in all directions, the driver (Hallam) being hurled between the couplings of , the waggons and landing on the far side of the train. He miraculously escaped with a shaking and abrasions. The other occupants of the car all seemed to be seriously injured. Medical aid promptly arrived from town, and Messrs Pine, Green and Lomax i were removed to the hospital. Mr ; Pine succumbed about an hour after admission, and Mr Green died this . evening. The latter had sustained terrible injuries to his chest and abi domeii and Pine's injuries were also • internal. Lomax had his left leg al- * most severed below the knee and aNo sustained severe wounds about the head and body. He was operated on to-night and lies in a serious condition.

Hallam states that he put on the brake when lie saw the train, but was unable to avert a collision. The driver and fireman of the engine saw the ear approaching and whistled vigorously, but the warning was not heard by the occupants of the car. Innesbrook crossing ha s been the scene of several serious accidents. The remains of Messrs Tine and Green will b.-5 sent to Christchurch by tomorrow's st°'uner.