CASUALTY LIST

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22571, 26 February 1948, Page 6

CASUALTY LIST

3 BODIES FOUND OTHERS IN WRECKAGE CHILDREN AMONG INJURED (PA) BLENHEIM, Feb. 26. Only three of the six persons known to have been killed in the train smash have so far been identified. They are:— KILLED Mr. Reginald Spencer Hawkins, aged about 23, Cork street, Havelock. Mrs. Margaret Flygcr, aged about 40, Mount Eden, Auckland. Miss Gweneth Cresswell, aged about 21, Blenheim. ft is believed that there are more bodies still under the wreckage. Others known to be dead are two women and a boy aged about 4 years. INJURED Margaret Dalzell, aged 19, Mt. Grey Downs, Rangiora. Jane Reardon, aged 14, Torquay street. Kaikoura. m Lena Phillips, agea 22, 3i Turlesse street, Avonside, Christchurch. Helen May Keatings, aged 48. West Belt Rangiora. llene Beatrice Irvin, aged 51, Russell s Flat, Canterbury. Ruby Elizabeth Shadbolt, aged 16 years, Avoca street, Kaikoura. Elizabeth Johan Evans, aged 61, Renwicktown, Marlborough. Geoffrey Ballantyne Burgoyne, agea 20, 114 Maxwell road, Blenheim. Conrad Blythe, aged 19. School House,

Alexandra. Wehipeihana Rangi, aged 21, railway employee, Ohau. Edward Lewis, aged 48, railway employee, Ohau. Jonn Findlay Aitken, aged 20, Kurow. Edward Blackburn, aged 25, railway

foreman, Kaikoura. Rex Robson, aged 26, 9 Meehan street,

Blenheim. William Ainsworth Flyger, aged 52,

Otahuhu, Auckland. Frederick Burnell, aged 64, 76 River

road, Hamilton. Rangi Gardiner, aged 20, railway employee Ohau. Niki Hinaki, aged 25, railway employee, Gisborne. Wallace Phillips, aged 26. 31 Torless street, Avonside, Christchurch. Stephen William Warrnin, aged 49, 31 Torless street, Avonside, Christ-

church. Norman James Gillespie, aged 19, 22

Bowen street, Dunedin. Douglas Galvin, aged 29, c/o. Christ-

church Post Office. Annie . Thwaites, aged 59, Otautau.

Southland. Frances Black, aged 17, 115 Boundary

road, Styx, Christchurch. James Brooked, aged 6, Park Terrace,

Blenheim. A baby girl named Phillips, aged three months, 31 Torless street, Avonside. Christchurch. Joseph William Guirr, Wilson street,

Christchurch. Rita Rose Cresswell, aged 40, 16 Warwick street, Blenheim. Martin Wehipeihana, aged 22, Ohau. Olive Meads, Kawhai street. Nelson. Mrs. Warrnin, 31 Torlesse street, Avonside, Christchurch. Barbara Jaggar, Hinau street, Riccar-

ton, Christchurch. Julia Goffney, Templeton, Christ

church. Beryl Francis Walker, Rolleston street.

Christchurch. Pat Richards, Main street, Palmerston

North. Emma Kearns, 179 Murenoa road.

Levin. Miss Peterson, address unknown. No details as to the extent or nature of the injuries are available.

The injured railway employee, Mr. Nihi Hinaki, is a Whangara boy who left the district to enter the employ of the Railway Department at Wellington. He is well known in the Whangara district.