LATER DETAILS.

Waikato Times, Issue 12878, 27 May 1914, Page 4

LATER DETAILS.

THE LATE MR ORTON STEVENS. TO HAVE STOOD FOR REFORM. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. A\ ELLINGTON. Wednesday. Mr Orton Stevens was one of Wellington's best known citizens. Ho had been in the service of tlio National Mutual Life Association a great many years. He f.nno fiom Australia about 15 years ; ! go, to assiime tlio position of general man.igci for .New Zealand. He Has lorii'er'n Mayor of Lower Hutt. chairman or lii<» Hutt River Hoard. president of the Hurt Howling ('lull, and, • it is undcist :od, was to have been tin* Reform candidate lor Hutt. He was niarrie I, ;uid was a native of Australia. lie was nearly 50 years of age. TH£ LATE MR C. PETERSON. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. A»k ('. Peterson, who was killed, belongs to Melbourne. He cariied introductions to a commercial iirm in Auckland. Mr C. N. Grimshaw, who was seriously injured, is the registrar of the iokerau Maori Land Hoard, find was formerly private secretary to Judge Palmer, He lecently l->ft for Wellington. intending to return with his wife and family. THE REVISED LIST. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. The revised list is as follows: KILLED. Mr Orton Stevens, general manager of the Now Zealand National Mutual Life Assurance Co. Mr Cuthbert F. Peterson, of Melbourne. representing James McKenzie Proprietary, Ltd. SLRIOUSLY INJURED. John Swinson, of Wellington, manager for. Chandler and Co., broken * thigh and injuries to the head. Ceoigo Grinistono, Native Lands Department, Wellington, grave internal injuries and injuries to the head. INJURED. Tablet Porter Donaldson, broken arm. H. A. K ox, accountant, of Wellington. scratches and - bruises. Mr Goldingham, Palmerston North, scratches and bruises. H. Scott \\. J. Hill, of Auckland, bruised foot. G. E. Howard, Wellington, cut on the head. H. J. Maekay, Melbourne, inspector of the Commercial Bank of Australia, severe shock. PASSENGERS IN AUCKLAND. DETAILS OF THE COLLISION. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. Passengers who arrived in Auckland state that the collision occurred without any warning. The gojds train was getting off the main line at the siding, and the porter was at the_j>oints. It was almost clear when the express ran into the engine of the goods train, striking the express diagonally about the uiddle. Two cattle trucks in the goods train ivere kicked off the line, and a sheep ruck was smashed to matchwood. The engine of the express was knocked o.vor sideways, and was badly mashed in front, and fell over the )ank almost into the swamp. The rear of the postal car immediately behind the engine apparently rose md ran fight over the sleeper car belind it, penetrating to within about a •ard of the back door of the sleeper, rhe roof of the sleeper and the floor of he postal car were intact, the roof of he sleeper resting on the floor of the tostal car. The passengers were pushed by the orce of the collision into the small pace at the end of the sleeper. One ide of the sleeper was smashed clean ut. ' The'ste.vara of the Sleeper was extristed from-between the roof of the posal Van and the floor of the sleeper;

The smoking carriages immediately behind the postal van kept the rails, and were not damage:]. STATKWCNT KY MR HOWARD, Mr tr. E. Howard, who Has travelling with Mr Stevens, states that he saw h'ni thiown from his berth and hurled to the floor sevcrd * o< >t away. Tho r "sleeper" nine down and pinioned Mr Stevens, who was lying face downwards, to the floor. "I unokj from my berth, and heard a fearful crash," said Mr He ward. "I w,\s hurled right out of my bei ih. A shocking sight met my eyes. The whole car was apparently '» smashed up. and the passengers were thrown in all directions. It is impossible to say exactly how the accident occurred. All I know was that the smash came without any warning."