The Lamentable Railway Accident.

Southland Times, Issue 19032, 28 April 1903, Page 2

The Lamentable Railway Accident.

Per United Proas Association. WELLINGTON. April 27. Mr Travels went to the Lower llutt railway station to see a friend oil', nml remained in the carriage until the train began to move. In alighting on the stati-.il platform he knocked against the guard, Who was keeping bystanders from the train, and fell between the platform and train. The engine was immediately stopped, mid the sufferer, who \vns perfectly conscious anil self-possessed, removed on a stretcher to his home, and medical assistance summoned. It w*is found necessary to amputate, Uie right leg. but Mr Travers died nl (5 this morning. Mr Tnivi-rs, who was HI years old, but, still prartiseil at the liar, and was in vigorous health, whs the oldest ai»d one of the best known lawyers in N.Z. He was . a member of the Executive in the first Parliament, ami. later, a member of the 'Mouse of Representatives. lie dime to the colony in 1845), first settling in Nelson, then Canterbury, and finally in Wellington, all of which places lie represented in Parliament.. He wus one of the founders and a prominent member of the X.y. Institute. A large gathering of the legal •Maternity was in Court this morning, when Mr Hell. President of the New Zealand Law Society, Mr Skerrott. President of the Wellington branch, and the Chief Justice paid high tributes to the personal character, high attainments and •public services of the deceised gentloman.