THIRTY YEARS AGO

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 235, 2 September 1943, Page 2

THIRTY YEARS AGO

EXTRACTS FROM "STANDARD." SEPTEMBER 2, 1913.

Thero had been a terrible railway disaster, in one of the most inaccessible and lofty spots in England, near the scene of the Hawcs disaster in 1910. At threo o'clock in tho morning, in pitch darkness, tho Aberdeen express had crashed into tho rear of the stationary Glasgow express, one of the trains being ignited. Fifteen persons were killed and 25 injured. Among tho latter was Sir Arthur Douglas, who for many years occupied prominent military positions in New' Zealand, and who was Under-Secretary for Defence from 1695 to 1901. His condition was serious. Twenty had been killed and 100 injured by a roar collision betwoon the While Mountain express and tho Bar Harbour express, in Connecticut, U.S.A. , At a meeting of the Borough Council, a letter had been received from Mr J. 11. Ilankins bringing «;idcr the council's notice, the trackless system of electrio trams. Mr Hankin9 had stated _ that if tho council would seriously consider tho matter, a company would be prepared, at its own expense, to send an engineer to confer with the council. The letter was referred to the. tramway committee.