FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE TRAMWAY.

•" We moßt sincerely regret having to record tho Bhocking death of Mr J. Greenaway, nurseryman and seedsman, which took place about half- past 5 o'clook last evening, on the Papanui Boad. The news of the melancholy accident spread rapidly ; and the event cast quite a gloom over the city. For the past 16 years Mr Greenaway has been identified with the progress o£ floriculture in this city, and with the fortunes of the Ohristchurch Horticultural Society, of whioh body he was the honorary secretary. By all who knew him, the unfortunate man was both liked and respected ; and his death has created a void which will not be easily filled. From Mr E. H. Hankins, one of the passengers in the tram cars at the time of the accident, a very clear statement of the occurrence haa boen obtained. Mr Hankins says : — " I was coming from the Papanui station by the tram leaving at 5.15 p.m. About 5.25, when opposite Mr Schmid's residence, which is about three quarters of a mile from the station, the tram was slackened, and Mr Greenaway got into the carriage next the engine, entering it from the rear. I was sitting just within the door of the second carriage. After the tram had moved on for about 50 yards Mr Greenaway tried to pass from one carriage to the other, by stopping round from platform to platform. He found that he could not reach, and then alighted on the ground with his left, foot only, as if he meant to make a spring. He instantly fell sideways. He had hold of the handrail with his right hand, so that he fell on his left side, with hie head outward and away from tho engine • and he was dragged under the wheels of the second carriage. I exclaimed that a man was killed, but two others who were in the carriage with me, and had not seen the occurrence, said that the tram was off tho lino again. I heard no cry. As boou as I could recover from the 6hock, I called out, and the tram was stopped immediately. We wero at tho time going at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour, and although I could not call out instantly, the tram was brought to a standstill within 50 yards of tho accident. Wood, a man who is in Mr Groenaway's employ, was in the carriage with me, and I fancied that the deceased perhaps wanted to speak to him." From further inquiry, it seems probable that the deceased intended to go to Mr G. A. Reade, wh-j was on t! o roof of tho second carriage, and to whom he had particularly wished to show an unusually fine rose. Mr Reade, Mr Hankins, and Mr Wood went to the sufferer's assistance, and placed him upon a mattrass obtained from Mr Bchmid's residence. Ho waß then lifted on a hurdle, and placed on a milk earn which happpned to bo passing. The poor fellow said " lift me np " onco or twice, ond in reply to Mr Hcade he named his modical attendant. About ten minutes afterwards, Wood who was holding up his master's head, ejaculated "he's gone," and burst into tears. Er Symes was in waiting at tho residence of tho deceased, but ho could only pronounce lifo to be oxtinct. Both thighs had beon brokon, and thero were soveral internal injuries. It has to bo recorded that tho Tramway Company made no report of tho occurrence at tho Polico Depdt, and did not oven mention it to any member of the force. Tho polico heard of the sad affair only by accident.