LATER DETAILS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 208, 25 June 1887, Page 8

LATER DETAILS.

A. '■""'Mi as new^ of tie accident -, v> l' . band, icUei tipins v, ith doctor \w.: vU^Mtohtd in Peals iury. The di»wi Wilson Jell under the engine, n 1 A 1 - bui icd in the river mud. T \,> v wiii had 'i miiacuiou- escape. 'L'ii'e Mjiftui l^ di^d almost in^tantanc- >,\ 1., „•. i h> u otiijia .succumbed durr,\ tic night. The wounded were I'liiti^ht to Sydney, some being adi . i., i 'o ilh 1 'k>pital while others \,lv: 1 iacii to their own homes. Lad ;l; l not been for the piescnce of iit >1 of tic pointsman, the v hole iiiVh v. aid lh'\e run into the liver, aiul the result w onkl have been disSkitrous beyond contemplation. Everything appears to have gone smoothly until reaching Uule, hut from ih'-V pK< 1^ it wa-3 found that the engine % i: iir ufiLieut to draw the tuiin, nine i'\\\L\ '"-, up the steep gradient. A ]_•""'..! .;: ol the train ua? detached, and f 1 r ' '<■) -options v- <u'e united at fFornb}'. T: j bvln. a Mttlu lalt by ibis delay, [ -'Ci^"', d t-'^i ird 5 Peat* Fern r at in-c^r.-f! -pood, in>l ru?hed through the tvw r_' :ov.Mid> the incline which leads s ''•.'■'' ie ilio rivrr'.^ brink. T.K 1 "> iva- a Mreit increase of speed i:ivU rj;i;ig fiovi the tunnel, and the ;'ii\^i ai.peaied '.> I<^ c ill control, and f-f> f -f> ■ 'i d bis whittle continuously. The fr.i*' — illated M'olentiy, pnd the pasi'.nyj'z 'j'tMv aiaiiued as the pace her:'.. » "euifici\ dl'd 1 ' .rter row inevitable, r> '' ii '-.lid thnt the dilvei made an j"'_m; to ave< i utter ruin by revei^u- th' engine, but v,m , too late L>t r "i" Miv train leac'ied J'eat's station, fir v;e\ ■■!•, the poiuUinan rushed to the l f:> ' 1 and ho'di-(f them bra\ely i.i i.'^c! to <!uov,- the train on to a .-'( \_\\u ,»n -wS'.ich weie two eontiactoi'» f,., 12 i- „, r j an oj.^ino. ll is pretoenee of \\\Y'\ piobably pi evented the whole !.<. *>s ''.. i iu^ pirtipiiatcd into the liver. f-, 'on as the fiisr section of carii ,_m j le^co^ed i-liiieks ot ni^ony and i-.-jf.v "••Miunde"! on every side. The 1,.-,; (- fell ovt-i the side oi the cml ikn>ont into tlie mud, the fheman, \'. i\o \\.\~, much lhjured, bciiig thi'own i: 10 the water A- oon as inte'Jigcnco of the cata>- (', u« i ».' w.io ieeei 1 . Cl in .Sydney, doctors L^i were forwarded, r-nd the L'uleiers ))ioiiL;ht back, many ].v.'jij, in a jtitiablo condition. ' l . ii'jn' wcie heaUitiidiiig bcenc'i ]>y l .j'tLiMs iii beaii h of tlicij- fiiends and lch-'i-nb. Tlie wounded were con vcyed to tlie hospital and their own 'I' '. \,ait ot th^ chibankmeiit where iLc I .mv. cnt \>-;^y h about 13 feet :V r \ , high \ifitu, .mil the depth of V, .ltv.l t 5 J '2 t<JC[. ihe mocked engine was completely liltPtl v.\th lifind brakes, which Mere applied, but il ii supposed the rate of M>-ul on the Liodient Jieated the bri'k'.-;. and th-.y not act. The bodies ot the killed weie much mat 'mod. Many of the excursionists wlic J.w'uig jn'oj/e engaged in vaiious busine-i^e.s in the city. Kverything f»o-".!b];; was done to alleviate the M;v' li'-gs cf tb.e injuicd. Y-'lliiam Ticiime, nianngcr foi Messrs Auk : Co.. jumped horn the tuin, 'md w.ts killed iSome of the injuiies Ir> otb^j 1 ) ai cor a character The atudcV ' > ;a t i discussed in the JjigisUiuive A-^oL-nibly to-day. A Board of l/.i(ui)y cowihience investigations lo nioi jmv T\,'i DJijiniji b) the accident are pi'ogi-j iWii, favourably.

(lr..'U<\l Lo<>,,n t fcithcoming book, "The oluni'jfi 1 Suidii ! ot Amciiea," will bo l-übViiiiiil f.nly ii! >Jm»o, by 11. S. Foalo ■ar 1 Co , Chicago, it i~. dedicated "To the unL.oiL.il ho-i ol Citizen - ISoldicio and i*,'ii!ui [ - v/ho, fiom Lexington to A]>poniatlo , b.isii Avun the liDtity of the republic, liKiiii' iiuci its honour and pro.sencd its JKi^il'y." A " bos i on i f "'i>!<' " of fin unusual kind was i-occnilv ai-hitvod at Baberton, Capo Ci.lonv. An tii u-t named Woodcock }>layed Iliy p: ipo for L\renly-foui' consecutive hours <l \,'i./!ioub bif'alvin^ hru'mony," which I take In me a> t.h il Ihj lid.'! a'u loast. two fingus on the kc/.)o;ud Unouc^hout the time, unless the conditions of the exhibition pormited Ihe employment of hiis no&e. During the JiWeiity-fouifl, Air Woodcock took no other refreshment than .some beef-tea and an occasional cigar.