THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3210, 21 January 1893, Page 2

THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

[FROM OUII OWN COIIIIKSFONDES'T.] I WItNT down yesterday to where tho break in the railway lino exists, about a mile this side of llangiriri station. This consist of a gap 40 feet wide, through which tho water is running like a mill race from tho rivor over towards Lake Waikart, in fact tlio whole face ol Nature about lioro presents very hltle else than a watery waste to tho eye. Tho waggons which composed the train at tho time of the accident wore lying about in disordered profusion; tome upside down, some on end, etc. Mr McLean, traffic manager and engineer, has a stuff of about 40 men clearing away tho debris, but so far operations had tieon confinud to the removal of the waggons which blocked the way, Two largo R waggons were got on the rails during tlio afternoon and preparations were made for bridging tlio space. Work has been hampered, owing to it being an embankment with lots of water on each side. This somewhat restricted tho usefulness of a largo numbor of the men. A heavy consignment of fruit was transhipped yesterday, sent on to Mercer, and would be forwarded the same night to Auckland in order to reach to-day's market. Pile driving is now going on, and no doubt trains wiil soou be able to run through. Tho mines at Huntly are at a stand still owing to there being no trucks available. The \V. C. and 6, company sent their steamer down this morning with a bargo of coals to Mercer, and will tranship it there into trucks, The earthwork behind the railway wharf at Huntly used by the company has all fallen in ; but that and other minor mishaps will have to stand over pending the completion jf the main job, A large quantity of goods, which were in tho trucks on Wednesday are damaged and spoilt,— in fact, diving had to he resorted to to recover some of them, The Great South Road is impassable nt Waughs, the water being nearly up to the top of the handrail nf tho bridge there. Mr F. Foster who resides on an island at Rangiriri, is a heavy loser, as I hear that the island is completely under water. The river has now commenced to subside, but so far very slowly.