CASUALTY LIST

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22572, 27 February 1948, Page 6

CASUALTY LIST

6 BODIES FOUND TWO SISTERS KILLED CHILDREN AMONG INJURED (P.A.) BLENHEIM, Feb. 27. All those killed in the South Island main trunk railway smash on Wednesday have now been identified. , They are:— KILLED Shields, Rose, aged about 22, Tay street, Invercargill. Shields, Ettie Irene, aged about 24, Tay street, Invercargill. Warmin. Stephen Henry James, aged 4. 31 Torlesse street, Avonside, Christchurch. Cresswell, Gwen, single, Warwick street, Blenheim. Flyger, Margaret, married, Poronui Avenue. Mt. Eden, Auckland. Hawkins, Ronald Spencer, aged 26, Havelock. The Shields are sisters who had been on holiday in Nelson and who were returning home. Their father arrived in Blenheim yesterday. The child Warmin was a son of Mr. and Mrs. S W. Warmin. who were also passengers on the train and both of whom suffered injuries. INJURED Thwaites. Mrs, Annie, aged 59. Otautau, shock. Phillips, Jennifer, aged about foul months, 31 Torlesse street. Christchurch: shock. Phillips. Wallace, aged 26, waterside worker, 31 Torlesse street, Christchurch: fractured leg and lacerations. Phillips. Mrs. Lena, aged 22, 31 Torlesse street. Christchurch; shock and abrasions. Warmin. Mrs. Edith, aged 41, 31 Torlesse street, Christchurch; severe shock. Warmin, Stephen William, aged 49. waterside worker, 31 Torlesse street, Christchurch; lacerations and shock. Jagger. Miss Barbara, aged 19, student nurse, Hinau street, Christchurch: leg injury and shock. Gaffney. Mrs. Julia, aged 65. Templeton; head injuries and shock. Walker. Mrs. Beryl Frances, aged 37, Rolleston street, Christchurch: fractured leg. rjehards. Miss Pat, aged 45, shop assistant. Palmerston North; fractured leg. Kearns, Mrs. Emma, aged 86, Levin, shock and bruises. Reardon. Jane, aged 14. Kaikoura; possible fractured ankle. Dalzell. Miss Margaret, aged 19, student nurse. Christchurch Hospital, home • at Ransiora: shock and abrasions. Keating. Mrs. Ellen Mary, aged 48, West Belt. Rangiora: fractured arm. Irvine. Mrs. Eileen Beatrice, aged 51, Russell’s Flat: fractured ribs. Shadbolt. Miss Ruby, aged 15, Avoca street, Kaikoura: shock. Evans. Mrs. Elizabeth, aged 61, Renwicktown, Blenheim: shock, Cresswell. Mrs. Rita Rose, mother of Miss Gwen Cresswell, aged 40, Warwick street. Blenheim: shock. Black. Miss Frances. Christchurch: slight ' shock, discharged today. Meads, Mrs. 0.. aged 53, Kowai street. Nelson; shock and abrasions. Brook?. James, aged six. Park Terrace, Blenheim: shock. Flyger William Ainsworth, aged 51, husband of Mrs. Margaret Flyger, Otahuhu: lacerations. Burnell. Frederick, retired' engineer, aged 64. Hamilton; chest injuries. Wehineihana, Martin, aged 22. Ohau; severe scalo laceration. Wehineihana. Rangi. aged 21. railway worker. Ohau: abrasions. Gardner. Rangi. railway worker, aged ?0. Ohau: lacerations. Hinaki. Nihi. a*ed 52. railway worker, Gisborne: abrasions. Gillespie. Norman James, aged 19, student, Bowen road. Dunedin. Galvii Douglas, aged 29. c/o. Post Office. Christchurch; fractured ribs and lacerations. Gur”. .T-seph William, aged 29, '■’-iver of the train Wilson's road. Christchurch; burns. Blackburn. Edward, aged 20, fir.man of ♦he train. Kaikoura; burns. Eurgovne, Geoffrey W.. aged 20, Maxwell road. Blenheim; fractured leg Blythe. Conrad, aged 19. student. Alex- ' andra- leg injuries and abrasions. Lew : *. Fdwa'-d. ag°d 48. railway plovee Ohau. fractured right arm and fractured nose. Aitk-’i John Findlay, aged 20. ""dical s*Mde-u Kurow; head wounds ind abra'->ons. Rob c "n Sfa-’ev Rex, aged 26. Meeham mo n Nojm: fr n, '*ur rt d 1 *•*. Two of the injured, Mr. Blvth and Mr. Aitken, .both students, who suff o r°d iniuries. were discharged frona hn-mtrl ’"'•sterday afternoon and left for the south.