TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2039, 29 April 1890, Page 3

TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

LOSS OF LIFE. Sydney, April 24. A terrible railway accident happened at Bathqrst to-night, It appears that a mixed train left for Sydney at 6 30 p.m., and whan near Raglan several couplings gave way, and many trucks came down the zigzag past Raglan at a great speed and dashed through Kelso station. At Bathurst a goods train jnst about to start for Sydney failed to get oat of the way of the runaway trucks, aqd a terrible collision respited. * Later. The guard’s van apd passenger carriages were completely telescoped, and are nothing but splinters, April 26. Those killed are Michael Downey, Mrs Franklyn, and Henry O’Connor! Maud Redford, Miss Godfrey, and two others whoso names have not been mentioned, sustained injuries frotq which they are unlikely The sta. ticnmaster states that no tirpe seemed to haye elqpsed before he a dreadful crash, followed by {he noise of escaping steam Stflaebiqg timbers. The runaway train consisted of five trucks loaded with goods and sheep, one empty horsebox, one six-wheeled carriage, and a composite brake van. The two latter besides several of the tracks, were smashed to atoms and some portions of them thrown a of the engine itself 'was "broken and crashed up to the tubes of the boiler. The grade at Raglan where the couplings of the gaya way is qqe in forty, aqd it is estimated that in the descent the runaway attained a speed of eighty miles an hour. Bight hundred sheep stowed in the trucks were killed. To add to the terrible nature of the scone, inside the boiler, which was stoye in, were found of she yan, clothing anfi cushions,'as well as human flesh and blood. The driver and foreman of the Bourke trajn gallabfly at their pooto, eqd fortunately were hut slightly injured. Maude Redford, one of those injured, died to-day, making four victims. The injured are progressing favorably.