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Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1937, Page 4

The accident attended by tragic results yesterday afternoon on the railway service to Greymouth, shocked the community greatly. The news of late has recorded many vehicle accidents over the holiday period, some no less tragic than the experience here. The sad event shows that where traffic is considerable, no part can expect to be free from the possibility of accident. In the present instance the town lias lost a splendid citizen, one who has done yeoman service for the community and district at large. In addition many people, some of them old residents loiijidentified with the district, ha\e been injured. The number, it is regretted to say, includes, also, the wife of the deceased, to whom the fullest sympathy is being extended. The accident is one which "ill have no doubt the fullest investigation on the part of the authorities. The service is one which sprang into ready popularity because of its convenience, and the Department must see that the safety margin for the future is enlarged beyond the risk of similar occurrences, assuring that the cause is that accepted generally. Meantime, expressions of condolence are being made to the bereaved and the suffering, for the sad events has stirred the people unusually.