FATALITIES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 3 April 1907, Page 3

FATALITIES.

[Unite* Peess Association. — Copyright.] TRAIN AND MOTOR CAR COLLISION. 2 PERSONS KILLED: 3 INJURED. (Received April 3, 7.50 a.m.) PARIS, Tuesday. A train collided with a motor car in a level crossing near Avignon, killing two o£ the occupants of the latter, and injuring three others. CAPSIZE OF AN ELECTRIC CAR.

54 PASSENGERS INJURED. (Received April 3, 7.50 a.m.) LONDON, Tuesday. An electric tramcar, from Wallington to Croydon, was turning a corner at an excessive speed, when it overturned, and 54 passengers were injured, twc fatally. A VESSEL IN DANGER. EXPLOSION OF BENZINE. A CHINESE CARPENTER KILLED. A PANIC-STRICKEN CREW. (Received 10.8 a.m.) FREMANTLE, Wednesday. Tho steamer Alabama has arrived from Sumatra with a cargo of 35,000 cases of benzine. When off Java the boatswain and a Chinese carpenter went down the forepeak with a naked light, and a terrific explosion followed. The Chinaman was blown on deck and shockingly burned, and he died two days later. The rest of the Chinese crew, with the firemen, bolted aft when the explosion occurred, and left the chief mate to take the wheel. The captain and four European officers played the hose of the bulkhead between the cargo and the forepeak, to keep the locality cool, They soon got the forepeak under control, but the ship's stores were all destroyed. Had the bulkheads, through which the gas from the benzine came out, become heated, nothing could have saved the ship. FIVE YOUNG MEN MISSING. DROWNED OR STRANDED. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. Four young men — Robert Skinner, J. and H. Pilkington, and W. McAvey — left Freeman's Bay early on Monday morning to visit some islands in the Gulf, intending to return the same evening. They have not since been heard of. They left in a small flatbottomed boat ,and it is feared that, owing to the rough weather, a mishap may have occurred. A search party is now cruising in the bays where the missing men are possibly stranded. Later. The missing boat is what is known as the Patiki. There were five persons on board — J. Pilkington and two sons, W. McAneny, and Lionel Skinner. The search party were out yesterday, but found no trace of the missing boat or the crew. The search was resumed to-day. It is stated that a green painted boat, which might be the missing craft, was seen bottom up in the Gulf yesterday. FALL OVER A RAILWAY BRIDGE. A CYCLIST SMOTHERED IN MUD. (Received 8.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Wednesday. A youth, who was riding a bicycle over a railway bridge, fell 50 feet into the dry bed of a river. He was buried in mud and was smothered to death.