ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12583, 21 January 1905, Page 4

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

RAILWAY COLLISION AT CUDWORTH. United Press Association—Per Electric _ - Telegraph—Copyright. . •••;- ;• LONDON, January 19. . express collided wftk.the Les<fe-London express:at Cudwdrtlsdurmg a fog. A third express from TjHm dashed- into the wreckage, and the Glasgow express took fire. ■ Mr " Robert Brought the actor, was terribly "burned.* Tti* accident originated through the Leeds «spro*. becoming derailed.

DETAILS OF THT: DISASTER. - SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE. . - t-vT,B«ceived.lLl9 pjn., January 20th. . LONDON, January 20. ' '.-The'guard of 3 goods train .on as adjacent* aiding noticed that the signals indicated liae (Sear for the London - Scottish express.' By means of fog signals- and advising the driver of the wrecked Leeds express .to whistle lou<Oy, he" warned the driver, of the. approaching- express who, applvinqt the brake, stopped just" as the train grued . the wreckage. The GTaggow express was travelling with two engines at the rate of sixty miles an hour. -There was dense fog, and the driver did 'not observe/the signals. The train dulled into the Leeds-Sheffield express; both, were teTescoped and caught fire. Ode * of the" Glasgow express engines rolled "over, and tfie .other was derailed. Sir carriages ofctht; Glasgow express caught fire. Fivei passengers, the fireman and the guard were, filled and fifteen persons were injured, ■mo wiouafr. >'•'

Per Pre** Association. TAIHAPE. January 20. * A mao named Patrick Leahy, who is walking on the Co-operative contract at * Turangarere was carrying' a bag of gunpowder to-day when it exploded, severely lacerating both- of his arms, hands, and Ms face. He was taken-to Taihape for medical treatment.

STRATFORD,'January 20. - A man- named Norman Rogers, aged 18. son of Mr William Rogers, a- settier" on . Pembroke road, was accidentally drowmil in a dam on his father's property this morning.

_ CHRISTCHURCH. January 20. The infant sort of Mr Chas. Morris, of Wuiknku, was drowned in a creek last evening. The child eeems to have attempted to- follow his father across a plank which acted as a bridge. When missed a search, was made, and the body found in tite. aredk ~