THE RAILWAY COLLISION IN VICTORIA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4913, 13 May 1887, Page 3

THE RAILWAY COLLISION IN VICTORIA.

ITVE PERSONS KILLED. EIGHTF-SEVEN STATED TO BE INJURED. ! LIST OF THE KILLED AND "WOUNDED. TELEGRAPHIC BLUNDER. Melbouhnk, May 12. .By tho collision near Windsor last evening five persons were killed and over 50 injured. Those killed are the driver and stoker of the express, and three passengors, viz., Mr William Ranting, the wife of Dr. Foster of South Yarra, and Mr Parkes, superintendent of the Bank of Australasia, who had both legs broken and died while undergoing amputation. Two of the injured are in a hopeless condition. The cause of the accident was the first train becoming disabled by an accident to the Westinghouso brake. Tho express following got the signal all right from Prahan, but turning a sharp curve before entering Windsor station thoy saw the lights of the first train. Tho impact. of the two trains was tremendous. The engine of the express was smashed at once and the driver and fireman killed instantaneously. Mid-day. The following passengers have been seriously injured by the railway collision : — - William Lempriere, laceration of tho brain, condition hopeless; William Turner, of St. Kilda, paralysis, condition hopeless; Cosmo Newbury, fractnre of the collarbone and injury to the spine ; W. Brown, South Australian Government geologist, severe shaking and scalp wound; Scobie Geir, solicitor, slightly injurod. The names of tho driver and stacker who were killed were Frederick Maskell and James M'Nab. Intense excitomeut prevailed in town laet night when the news of the accident became known, as the train which leaves Flinders-street at 5.40 p.m. is always filled with business men living in the suburbs.

10.15 p.m. There is.little further to add to the details of the railway accident already telegraphed. The passengers who were killed or injured were all in the rear of the first train, the passengers in tho express escaping without injury. Among tho latter were Messrs Greene and Speight, Railway Commissioners, who were in the foremost van. The driver and stoker of the express were both burned to death by the furnace. It has not yet been ascertained who is responsible for the accident. The driver who was killed had arranged to commence his annual holiday to-day. Tho following is a complete list of tho injured:—Achibald Knight, Inkermanroad, Balaclava, severely scalded, two or three ribs broken, and dislocation of left shoulder; Alexander Fraser, junr., of the firm of Fraser and Sons, auctioneers, leg broken; R. T. C. Morgan, solicitor, Balaclata, leg broken; H. Danby, of the firm of Danby and Gilmour, accountants, severe injury to legs; David Button, Prahran, severe injuries to both legs; Wm. Ryan, Windsor, injuries to legs; Augustus Davy, Windsor, severe shaking and injury to head; Hector Runting, Balaclava, injury to back; Bushby, plasterer, of Elsternwick, severely cut on the faco; C. Morgan, innkeeper, Balaclava, broken nose and shock; W. Groome, Brighton, very seriously injured; Thomas Upton, Prahran, injury to legs ; E. Jenkins, ironmaster, Williams-road, severe shock, a serious caso ; A. Law, of the firm of Jenkins and Law, ironfounders, injury to shoulder and bruises on the head aud legs; Mrs Dunn, Windsor, severe scalp wound aud shock; Mrs and Miss Robertson, Prahran, injuries to arm and head; Ramsey, Prahran, laceration, shock, • etc.; Richard Lowe, Windsor, laceration of scalp and severely shaken; Julia M'Sweeney, Brighton, contused wound about the eye; R. Lynch, Windsor, injuries to back; A. W. Hureton, law stationer, Chancery-lane, injuries to legs and body; David Cuniming, East St. Kilda, broken leg and injuries to head : Henry Hillmont, Martin-street, East St. Kilda, serious injuries which are likely to prove fatal: Kindor, Balaclava, injuries to head; Brown, of Adelaide, injuries to scalp; Rowden, slightly hurt, but suffering from shock: William Dix, Balaclava, dislocation of tho jaw ; Cosmos Newbury, Government analyst, serious injuries to shoulders and back, and concussion of brain; H. O'Neill, injuries to head; W. G. Lempricre, wine morchant, Balaclava-road, injuries to head, brain severely lacerated, supposed to bo in a dying condition ; Walter Watkin, shipping clerk, Windsor, injuries to legs and arms; Alfred Borgoyne, injuries to head and body ; Gus. Davey, Windsor, severe shock; Herbert Ralph, bank clerk, injuries to legs and head; two sons of a carter in the Alma-road, East St. Kilda, both injured, one sustaining injury to the spine and the other not being seriously hurt; G. O'Hea, Bay-street, Brighton, severely bruised; W. K. Thomson, junr., Brighton, injuries to leg and head; John Detmold, not very seriously injured ; A. Morris, East St. Kilda, scalp wound and sevore shock ; Mrs J. Burrows, Brighton, scalp wound and injury to leg ; Mrs Siddall and a blacksmith named Ross are also among the injured. Midnight. The persons injured in tho railway accident are progressing favorably. The Herald states that the number injured is 87. many of them, however, boing only slightly hurt. 11.15 a.m. To-day. ■ The official reports on' the railway accident throw little light on the subject, but generally point to tho fact that a mistake occurred at Prahran, where the telegraph operator is a boy of 15 years, who has only, been in the. railway department a fortnight." The guard of tho first train is blamel for not going back to warn tho express when. he knew his own train could not proceed. A Board of Enquiry into tho matter will meet to-morrow, when also an inquest will be held on the bodies of those killed in the accident-

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