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Railway disaster to the Eighth Contingent

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NameRailway disaster to the Eighth ContingentDescriptionThe Acting-Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) received the following cable message early this morning from South Africa, through His Excellency the Governor:

The following were killed in a railway accident at Machavie on 12th April: Private J. Harris, Athol, Southland. Private F. L. D. Low, Styx, Canterbury. Private A. H. Macdonald, Oamaru. Private V. H. Brown, Sheffield, Canterbury. Private P. Rogers, Heriot, Dunedin. Private M. Cauty, Longbush, Southland. Private A. F. Leers (otherwise W. Foss), Waihi, Auckland. Private R. Osborne, Middlemarch, Central Otago. Private J. Bruce, Oamaru. Private J. Maloney, Little River, Canterbury. Private O. Bourne, Christchurch. Private J. C. Simpson (relatives unknown) Private J. H. Jones, Wendonside, Southland. The following were dangerously injured: Private H. Brown, Denniston, Westport. Private Alfred E. Pearson, Oamaru. Private Wm. C. Grant, Middlemarch, Otago. Corporal D. L. Whitehead, Dunedin. Private Patrick Lee, Woodlands, Southland. Private W. Whetter, Waikouaiti. The following were severely injured in the accident: Private Charles Jones, Dunedin. Private Walter Devon, Gimmerburn, Otago. Private Nicholas L. Thomas, Waimate. Private William Turner, Outram. Private Henry R. Plumridge, Spreydon. Canterbury. The slightly injured are : -Privates Jolm Edgar, Queenstown ; James G. Watt, Wost Plains, Invercargill.

[Machavie is a station on the railway running south-west from Johannesburg to Klerksdorp, and about eighteen miles from the latter town.]

A cablegram has also been received by the Acling-l'romier hulling that John Cunningham, of the Seventh Contingent, was dangerously ill ni, Pier tour on the 12th insi. Christchurch, on this day.

Mr. Bourne, headmaster of Christchurch College, has received a cablegram confirming the news of the accident to the Eighth Contingent, stating that his son was among the killed on this day. The cablegram received by the Governor with reference to the disaster to the Eighth Contingent states that no officers were killed or injured. It is understood that none of the men injured or killed were in the North Island Battalion. No particulars are to hand as to how the accident happened.

Pictured right is Trooper V. H. Brown

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Taken FromEvening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 89, 15 April 1902, Page 5

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