Further Particulars.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)

[FROM OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

WELLINGTON, this day. SHORTLY after 11 o'clock on Saturday moming a telegram was received by Mr Ashcrof t, General Manager, from the Cross Creek, that the train from Featherstone had been blown over the Rimutaka incline down a precipice a hundred feet deop. The train was full of passengers, names unknown. Immediate assistance was requested. A special train was instantly got ready arid members despatched in all directions for surgeonsi The "special" left at 11.30, taking Mr Lawsou, Commissioner of Railways, Mr Ashcroft, General Manager, and Drs. Diver, Gillon, Tripe and Westeven. The excitement in towa became intense as soon as the news became known, and a crowd speedily assembled at the railway Btation anxious to glean the latest particulars. It wai arranged by the Governmeut that telegrams should be sent through from Cross Creek by means of the railway telegraph, giving all information that could be gleaned. Mr Worry, Under-Secretary for Railways, was in attendance at the station, and he and Mr Hewitt, station - master, were besieged with inquiries from persons expecting friends to arrive by the ill-fated train. For a long time the information they had to givo was very scanty, as telegrams came through very slowly. In the meantime, tho suspense and anxiety of those waiting for news which might at any moment come to tell them that a friend or relation was dead or seriously injured were painful in tho extreme to witness. There was grave doubt as to whether any paasengers could survive such a fearful disaster. Many well - known Wellington people and Wairarapa settlers were believed to be in the train, which on Saturday's runnings is always full of passengers. The whole city nt length bocamo a scene of intense and wild excitement, nothing else being thought or talked of but the accident. Up till late at night, however, only the most meagro information was available. Indeed, until the mail returned just before midnight, no accurate details were received. Although manj of tho wounded were brought in at half-past four they were still too niuch confused and "dazed to be able to givo a clear and coherent account of the disaster, and most of tho railway officials, etc., were up at tho scene of the disaster. Story of the Disastkb. Tho first conucctod statement was, that tho train leaving Greytown, at 8.30, proecoded without mishap to Crass Crock, at the foot of the Rimutaka incline, where the ordinary locomotive is detached, and a Fell engine put on to push the train up the '-'-i miles of lin 15 ascent to the summit. The plan now adopted is for tho luggage-van and passenger carriages to bo placed in front, then tho Fell engine next, any goodi waggons there may happon to bo, lastly a Fell brake-van, which works on tho middle rail. There were two passenger carriages and a luggage van in frout of the engine in tho middle, then two waggons of produce and a Fell brake-van bringing up the rear. As usual the train started ou the ascent up the steep gradient, and had travelled as tar as a part of tho line generally known as " Siberia," from the piercingly cold blasts of wind which seem almost constantly to sweep dowu the mountain gullies which converge at that point. Here a strong N.W. gale was found to bo blowing across the track, and suddenly

A Terrific Gust Stbdck tiik Train.

Tho coascqnenccs wero most disastrous. Two passenger carriages, and also the luggage ran, were hurled bodily off tho line and over the edge of the precipice, which at that point ia nearly 100 feet in depth. It was stated that the three vehicles fell to the bottom and were seen lying a. wreck of smashed timber and ironwork at the foot of the declivity. Fortunately the engine and break-van did nut follow, or hardly a soul would have escaped to tell the talc. The engino remained ou tho rails and the driver aud fireman stayed to render what aid they could to the wounded, while the brakevan, being uncoupled, ran down tho incline by its own momentum under charge of the guard to Cross Creek, where .1 hasty telegram was sent to the general manager, reporting the disaster and asking for immediate aid, which was promptly despatched. Tub Killed and "Wouxdkd. At length a telegram was received stating that three passengers were killed, G dangerously wounded, 9 severely, arid 2 slightly wounded. Tho three killed were all children, aged respectively 11, 8, and 3. One was the daughter of C. Pharazyn aud granddaughter to the hon. C. J. Pharazyn. Her sister was also injured. The second was a boy named Nicholas ; his sister was also injured. The thiul killed was a boy named Quinn. The six dangerously injured were taken to Greytown hospital. Two of them are believed to be mortally hurt, viz., Mr Jackson, saddler, of Masterton, spine injured, and Mr Hare, of Masterton, severe scalp wound and concussion of the braiu, &c. The others injured arc persons whoso names, so far as I have been able yet to ascertain, are W. Mckenzie, J. Gooch, It. Riddick, J. Blakesley, tf. K. Berthicksou, T. Madden, Catherine Philips, Mrs Turnbull, Mrs Pye, Miss Fliarazyn, and Miss Nicholas.

When tho train arrived with the first batch of wounded, an immense crowd assembled to the very melancholy spectacle. One after another was carried out of the train all covered in linen bandages. The scene resembled the arrival of a detachment of wounded solders after a battle. All seemed still too much shaken to give much reliable evidence.