NEW SOUTH WALES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 9266, 28 April 1892, Page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES.

(Reoelvod April 37. 11.50 »,m,l Sydney, Wednesday. With the approach of the Bcalljog ohaoapionship, the contest is creating . little interest. Snllivan, the JNew Zea« lander, is in very good condition, while Btanbury declares that he waa never - better in bis life, and is confident that he will win. Wheat, chick 3s od, milling 4i 8d to 4s lOd ; oats, feeding 2s 2d to 2s sd, aeed 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; maize, 2a 7d ; peas, Prnseian blues, 3s 6dj bran and pollard, scarce, 1b : potatoes, £2 15s to £3, Circular Heads £3 103; butter, dairy Is Id, factory la 3d , cheese, 4d to 6d ; bacon, 6d to pd ; bams, New Zealand, lOJd, -

! ' <BeoeiT6dAwrilfr,l.lst».m.)! News has jnst been received in tow A dreadful railway accident at Sodwi i on the Bathnrsi llhe. A train ran off rails, and was smashed up. Nine per. are repotted to be killed and tw injured. No details are yet to hand. (Received AprU 27, 2 p.m.) k. Norther particulars have been recei j^^ wth regard to the railway accident Sodwalhi. It appears that the wesi mail train left Kedfern last night i laden with passengers. When betw Sodwalfo and Tarana this morning last three carriages, including the sleep car. were derailed owing to a broi nil, whion, it is Buppossti, was caused the first part of the train. Of tb killed the following have been Identify ■~-Mrs Macdonald, Kersten (engine driv ttad Messrs Diabiagtoa and Dofn, : last named being a New Zealander. 1 other bodies have not yet been Ideutifi The list of injured numbers fifteen. 1 iDjnries of twelve of the number are o nature, and thesnfferers have be T removed to the Bathurst hospital. Mes Millthorpe (settler), Simmons (labore and Gilmour (billiard - marker) ha received scalp wonnds besides ott injuries. Mr Milthorpe also had one his legs crushed. Three Children wht names are unknown are among t wmnded, and it is believed that thi parents aro among those killed. T names of the other passengers who we injured are at present unknown. Otooelved April 27, 3,15 p.m,| No first-dew passengers were injur in the railway accident. Mr Dlshingto one of those killed, is also supposed hall from New Zealand. Most of tho killed were travelling in the mail va which was Bmashed to atoms, Tl bodies of three women, and two men a ■till unidentified, (Received April 57, 10.10 p m.i Doig, who was killed in the rallwe accident, was formerly a commerci traveller having bis head-quarters i Dunedin, New Zealand. Cassidy, an c: Queensland resident, who accompanie Dnlg, on the 111-fated jonrnoy, escape unhnrfc. Other bodies nave been idenf fied as those of Miller, ABhwell, W Ayres (photographer), Charles Failbj and Mrs Cowell or Carroll. Th caard and the mail agent had a mirsci lons escape from instant death. As i was, they received several Injuries. Th engine-driver states that a rail was broke: In five plaoes. Those who were killed mus have raffered terrible agony. Some o \. the bodies wore literally ground to piece M against the granite cutting which flankei QPlae line. Several pieces of flesh am fragments of clothing were fonnd araonf the debris. The body of a woman wh< has not yeb been identified was literati} cut to pieces. Ten persons occupied the oar which contained tbe mail compart ment, and of that number only one escaped with life. The train was drawn by an engine known as the " Baldwin," which class is now subject to inquiry by a Royal Commission with regard to its suitableness on the New Socth Wales railways. ~4 (Received April 88, 115 a,m,) The names of the other persona injured Are Lily M'Donald, O'Shea, and Thomas,