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THE APPALING RAILWAY CATASTROPHE NEAR THIRSK
THE "FLYING SCOTSMAN" IN FLAMES
TEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED
SEVERAL BODIES CREMATED

Further details of the railway collision near Thirsk (which catastrophe was duly reported by us yesterday) show that it was the most terrible which has ever occurred on the North-Eastern Railway. The "Flying Scotsman", which was timed to leave Edinburgh at 10.20pm was divided in two portions in consequence of the glut of passenger traffic at this season, the second half of the train leaving Edinburgh at a few minutes past eleven on Tuesday night. All went well until Darlington was passed soon after three o'clock yesterday morning, but when about four miles north of Thirsk Station, and the express travelling at nearly fifty miles an hour, the ill-fated train dashed into a heavily-laden mineral train, which was, for some reason not yet explained, standing on the main up line to the South. The result was appalling. The express was composed of about twelve carriages, including the Pullman car "India", and most of these were telescoped by the force of the collision, whilst the locomotive of the express was turned completely upside down and thrown partially into a field belonging to Manor House Farm, opposite which the catastrophe took place. The scene that ensued was indescribable. Such of the passengers as were unhurt got out of the carriages as best they could, and devoted themselves with heroic energy to the task of rescuing their less fortunate fellow passengers. A dense fog, however, prevailed at the time, and as all the lights had been extinguished by the force of the collision there was very little to be seen at first. But the lack of light was soon to be done away with in an awful manner. The splintered woodwork of the carriages nearest the locomotive by some means caught fire — either from the locomotive furnace or the escaping gas — and in a short time a great portion of the train was in flames.

A STRONG BREAKDOWN GANG

From the headquarters of the company at York was immediately despatched, accompanied by Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell and Mr Henry Tennant (directors of the company), Mr John Welburn (general passenger superintendent), Mr GS Gibb (general manager), Mr Jasper (general goods manager), Mr Steel (outdoor superintendent), and Mr Herbert (the station master at Thirsk). Dr Hartley of Thirsk, Dr Hutchinson of Northallerton, and Dr Anderson of York arrived about five o'clock, less than an hour after the collision, and it was then found that at least seven persons had been killed on the spot, and one died immediately afterwards.

HOW THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED

The accident occurred on the up line — that is, the line from Newcastle to London — and was caused by the south express running into a goods train which was standing at Manor House siding, about two and a half miles north of Thirsk. The collision took place right beneath the Manor House signal cabin, where signalman James Holmes was at the time on duty. The Scotch express was in two portions. The first portion had gone on all right; but between the first and second portion was a mineral train laden principally with pig iron from Middlesbrough. This mineral train was halted at the Manor House siding, waiting for the signal. The signalman, Holmes, appears to have got the signal stating that the section in front was clear, but by a most unfortunate lapse in memory to have entirely forgotten the presence of the mineral train from his cabin. Then came the signal announcing the approach of the second portion of the south express. Holmes signalled back "line clear". The driver of the express, relying upon the signal, came on under full steam, and his train, while running at the rate of fifty miles an hour, dashed with appalling violence into the rear of the stationary mineral train.

It should be said that among the many people who gathered at the scene of the accident there was more sympathy than censure for signalman Holmes. His little daughter had died the day before, and there is an inquest to be held upon the body to-day. Holmes had been sitting up with her all day, and there can be no doubt that mental anguish and physical weariness had rendered him unfit for duty, and had produced the distressful forgetfulness that resulted so disastrously.

THE KILLED AND INJURED — TWO LADIES BURNED TO DEATH

During the morning, the bodies of the seven passengers were identified at Thirsk. Appended is a list of the killed and injured:

KILLED
… Miss Lottie Hamilton, aged 6 [5], 2 Gilmore [Gilmour] Street, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire.
… Ms McCulloch, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire.

NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Board of Trade, (Railway Department) 8, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, London, S.W.
9th December 1892.

I HAVE the honour to report, for the information of the Board of Trade, in compliance with the instructions contained in the Order of the 2nd ultimo, the result of my enquiry into the circumstances attending a fatal collision which took place on the 2nd ultimo at Manor House signal-cabin, between Otterington and Thirsk stations, on the North-Eastern Railway. In this case the second portion of the up Scotch express, which left Edinburgh at 11.1 p.m. on the 1st ultimo, Newcastle at 2.38 a.m., and Darlington at 3.39 a.m., when running at full speed between Otterington and Thirsk, came into collision at 4.2 a.m. or 4.3 a.m. with the rear of the 2 a.m. up goods train from Middlesboro' to Starbeck.

The collision was one of great violence and the result was most disastrous. The brake-van of the goods train and one of the goods waggons were broken to pieces; the engine and tender of the express were thrown off the rails and upset on the left-hand side across a siding, lying with their wheels together nearly at right angles to the main line; the two next vehicles were practically demolished by the body of the Pullman car, which was shot off the bogie frames. Nine passengers, all of whom are believed to have been in the leading third-class carriage, were either killed upon the spot or so badly injured that they died within a very short time, and 39 others were injured, some of them seriously. The guard of the goods train was killed.

Description

Manor House block signal-cabin, the scene of this disaster, is 1 mile 30 chains south of Otterington station signal-cabin, 4 miles 73 chains south of Northallerton, and about 3 miles north of Thirsk station. It is a small cabin on the east side of the main line, which runs from Otterington quite straight from north to south, on a falling gradient of 1 in 628.

Evidence — James Holmes

Holmes stated that his daughter Rosa, aged five months, had died on the morning of 1st November, that he had been awake for approximately 24 hours, and that he had informed station-master Kirby that he was "not fit for duty" that night. Kirby had relayed the request for relief to head office but had omitted to pass on Holmes's statement that he was unfit. The managers of the North Eastern Railway Company allowed for only 17 relief signalmen in a cohort of 356 employees for the entire region; a suitable replacement could not be found.

Holmes stated: "After I got home and heard that the child had died, my wife said she really could not stop alone that night, and I said I would telegraph for my mother, but that really I was not fit for duty that night, and would try to get relief. I had to pass the station on my way to the telegraph office, and I went to see Mr. Kirby, the station-master at Otterington, under whose orders I work. I said to him, 'I have had a child die very suddenly. Will you wire to Mr. Pick (the signal inspector) to see if I can be relieved for the night?' I knew that I was not fit for duty."

Holmes fell asleep for approximately thirteen minutes after 4 a.m. with the goods train waiting at his home signal. He was woken by a signal from the box to the north alerting him to the approach of the second portion of the express. In his confused state he forgot about the goods train and gave back the "line clear" signal. He realised his mistake almost immediately but was unable to prevent the collision.

The full report, including all evidence and findings, is available via the Railways Archive link below.

RAILWAY DISASTER AT THIRSK
MAIL TRAIN WRECKED
IT CATCHES FIRE!
TEN PEOPLE KILLED: SEVERAL INJURED
AN APPALLING CATASTROPHE

To the other horrors chronicled this week has now to be added a fearful railway disaster, for in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the East Coast express from Scotland to London came into collision with a goods train near Thirsk Station, nine persons being instantly killed and a large number injured, some very seriously. The Scotch expresses at this season are usually crowded, many families returning to London early in November after passing the autumn in the Highlands. On Tuesday night there were so many passengers it became necessary to divide the express into two parts at Edinburgh. The first portion consisted of thirteen coaches, including a Pullman sleeping car and the usual brake vans, and the second part was similarly made up, with the addition of a couple of fish wagons, which were to be sent on to Grimsby. The passengers in the former train were chiefly from Glasgow and Edinburgh, while those in the second portion came chiefly from Aberdeen and other northern towns. It was at about twenty minutes to eleven Tuesday night that the first portion train left for King's Cross, which it reached in safety at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning. The second portion of the express left a quarter of an hour later, and all went well for a while. From Berwick to Northallerton speed had several times to be slackened

OWING TO THE FOG,

but shortly after leaving the latter town the atmosphere cleared considerably, and the driver of the express set himself to make up lost time. The train was therefore going at a tremendous speed, probably as much as fifty or sixty miles an hour, when it reached the Manor House siding, two and a half miles from Thirsk, and four and a half from Northallerton. It was now about four o'clock and many of the passengers were sleeping. At the siding shunting operations were going on. By some strange lack of judgement or neglect a heavy goods train, laden with iron from Middlesbrough, was actually on the main line at the moment when the express was timed to pass.

THE FIRST INTIMATION THAT THE DRIVER HAD

of the terrible danger in front of him was the sight of the tail lights of the goods train, which at that moment was just beginning to move on. It was then too late to avert or even to minimise to any considerable extent the collision between the two trains, and the express dashed into the rear of the goods wagons with appalling force and disastrous results.

THE TRAIN TOOK FIRE

And the gloom of the very chill November morning was soon lighted with a lurid glare. The fact that the train was lighted throughout with gas caused it to fall a ready prey to the flames, which spread with frightful rapidity, and soon engulfed the wreckage.

STRANGE EXPERIENCES

One of the most distressing incidents was the rescue of a little girl called Lottie Hamilton. For a long time her screams were heard before she could be extricated; and not only was it evident that she was badly bruised, but she was suffering frightful agony from contact with the flames. She was tenderly carried towards Thirsk, but on the way she expired. A pathetic souvenir of the poor girl's fate was afterwards taken from the wreck. This was her doll, with which she had been playing. Its head was melted off, and the dress and body, like those of its unfortunately little mistress, were burnt.

The Marquis of Tweeddale, Lord Huntly, and Mr Kinlock were amongst those who escaped serious consequences in connection with the disaster. Undoubtedly the disaster would have been still worse but for the attachment of the Pullman car, the length and strength of the construction of which caused it to remain firmer on the line than was possible for the ordinary carriages. Those in it were mostly ladies, who fortunately sustained no injury, with the exception of one, who, by the concussion, was struck on the forehead and somewhat hurt.

THE WRECKED EXPRESS
DETAILS AND INCIDENTS OF THE DISASTER

No element of horror was lacking in the awful accident by which at least ten persons were killed on the railway at Thirsk yesterday morning. Some of the victims doubtless passed from sleep to death almost instantaneously; others, it is feared, may have escaped that happier fate only to perish in the flames which illuminated for hours the scene of one of the most painful catastrophes in the record of railway disaster.

The train sped on at the rate of fifty miles an hour, and in a moment, even before the driver had realised that the line was obstructed, the crash came, startling the night to such an unmistakable purpose that the noise impelled a signalman a mile and a half distant to telegraph at once for help.

CHARRED REMAINS

The scene of the collision was visited by some hundreds of spectators, who drove out in traps from Northallerton and other places to witness the ghastly spectacle. The clearing gang diligently pursued their work of trying to get the fire under, and rescuing the bodies. One of those recovered was in such a charred condition that it had to be gathered into a sack and removed to Thirsk. In one particular place there was sad and shocking evidence of the spot in which lay the remains of at least one of the missing bodies, for on a mass of burning debris were visible human remains, and the olfactory nerves conveyed sickening proof of the fact that portions were being consumed by the fire.

TALKING ABOUT THE TAY BRIDGE DISASTER

Mrs J. Johnson, who lives near the scene of the disaster, says: "I heard the crash of the collision. The noise awoke me, and I said to my husband, 'Whatever is that? It is like the house end falling in.' He replied, 'I heard something; but it will very likely be the bumping of some trains shunting.' Soon there was a loud knock at the door. On looking out we were informed that a passenger train was off the line. I lighted a fire whilst my husband went out to see what assistance he could render. I assisted three or four out of one of the carriages, a boy about fifteen years of age, and, I think, three young ladies. They told me afterwards that just before the accident occurred they had been talking about the Tay Bridge disaster."

A TOUCHING CASE

A very touching case was that of Mr and Mrs Mackenzie. They were on their way from Edinburgh to London, where the husband, who is a tailor's cutter, had obtained a situation in Conduit Street. With them they carried their savings, a sum of £20. After the collision Mackenzie found himself under a pile of debris. It was all darkness for a time. A quarter of an hour passed and then a light came. "I looked for my wife," he says, "and saw her lying with a beam across her chest and her hands held up. I spoke to her, and she gave me no answer. Her name is among the list of the dead."

PUT YOUR LEGS ON THE SEAT

Mr Hodgson, who is at the Station Hotel in York, says: "Everything seemed to be all right until there was a sudden crash, and I saw the sides of the carriage 'caving in' tent fashion. I instantly realised the danger and exclaimed to two ladies who were in the third class compartment in which I was, 'For God's sake, put your legs on the seat.' We had hardly done so before the seats crashed together. The doors of the carriages being locked, I crawled out through the window, and lifted out the two ladies. I then assisted to lift out some of the other passengers — about 15 more, I should think — and place them at the side of the line."

THE MARQUESS WITHOUT BOOTS

The Marquess of Tweeddale had taken off his boots before going to sleep, and when he awoke was unable to find them. He had, therefore, to walk in his stocking feet along the line and across a corner of a grass field, in order to reach the labourers' cottages, where he and his unfortunate fellow-travellers who were able to go thither found both refreshments as well as shelter.

The Railway Accident in Yorkshire
Opening of the Inquest
Clearing away the Wreckage

A representative of the Chronicle yesterday morning visited the scene of the disastrous collision which occurred on Wednesday morning, at Manor House siding, three miles north of Thirsk, between the south express and a mineral train which was standing on the same line of rails. The number of deaths occasioned by the accident was set down at ten. Eight of the bodies were recovered, and there was also recovered a portion of a woman's body, which was believed, from the position in which it was found, to be that of Mrs Mackenzie. There was also missing Miss McCulloch, sister of Mr McCulloch, who was travelling with their niece to Australia. Close inquiry, however, has failed to corroborate the story about the children, although it seems to be taken as fact that both Miss McCulloch and another lady, unknown, were burnt in the wreck.

There were axles, and metal frameworks, and gas cylinders, and rails that had been torn from their foundations, all mingled together in inextricable confusion. But it is wonderful what a body of willing workers with the powerful application of modern mechanism can do. Ponderous cranes pulled away at the wreckage, tearing the heap to pieces, until the permanent way was laid bare. This was accomplished about nine o'clock on Wednesday night.

More Human Remains Found

The ashes were thrown into a heap, and were carefully sifted, and anything that had evidently had a human connection was taken out and preserved. Here and there the link of a human vertebra, a jaw bone with the teeth still fixed to it, and other ominous remains, were raked out and placed reverently in a heap. There was a cameo brooch, in which, although the frame was almost completely destroyed, the carved head was nearly perfect. There was a pair of pince-nez, with the melted glass still clinging to the frames. Two tin plates, with the letters of the alphabet around the rims, had evidently been the playthings of a child.

An Internment To-Day

In the case of the little girl Hamilton, whose uncle happily escaped without fatal injury, but the remains of whose aunt have, it is feared, been consumed by the fire which followed the collision, the interment will take place at Thirsk, and there her friends will lay her to rest to-day.

The Inquest — Charlotte Hamilton

Mr Archibald Glen, of 70 Westbridge-end, Dumbarton, boot and shoe merchant, recognised a body as that of Charlotte Hamilton, aged 5 years, daughter of Janet M'Culloch Hamilton and John Hamilton. Her mother is at Sydney (NSW) and the father is dead.

Inspector Cook said there was nothing on the body but a ribbon with a coin attached round the neck.

Mr Glen, re-called, said: I know that with the girl Charlotte Hamilton there were travelling her uncle, William M'Culloch, and her aunt, Annie M'Culloch, aged 25, who is also one of the killed.

Evidence of the Survivors

William M'Culloch came in a few minutes afterwards with his head bandaged with lint, and a black bandage across the forehead and round the head above the ears. His face was extensively bruised and scarred, and several of the more severe cuts had been strapped with plaster by the medical men. He said: I live at Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, and am a painter by employment. I was travelling in a certain train on the night of 1st November. I remember the collision. At the time there was in the carriage with me my sister and my niece. My sister's name was Annie M'Culloch and my niece was Lottie Hamilton. There was no one else. My sister was about 23 or 24 years of age. She was unmarried. I have not seen or heard anything of her since.

THE RAILWAY DISASTER NEAR THIRSK

At the fortnightly meeting of the members of the York branch of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, held on Sunday, the following resolution was unanimously passed and forwarded to Rowland Ewart, the driver of the ill-fated Scotch express, who lies at the cottage hospital in Thirsk: "That we desire to convey to you our sincere sympathy. Also our high appreciation of your heroic conduct in connection with the deplorable accident in which the nature of your calling placed you at Manor House, and to say we consider that the very fact of your telling your rescuers to leave you and look after the 'poor passengers' at a time when you were suffering intense pain ought to convince the travelling public that there are heroes on the locomotive engine, and to make all footplate men proud of the name of 'Rowland Ewart'. We crave for you a speedy recovery, and trust that, under the care and kindness of the medical and nursing staff at Thirsk, you may soon be again restored to your family."

FUNERAL OF THE LAST OF THE VICTIMS

On Tuesday the supposed remains of the last of the victims in the collision, Miss Ann Glen McCulloch, of Dunbarton, were consigned to rest in the graveyard of Thirsk cemetery. The deceased lady, who was but 24 years of age, was travelling by the ill-fated train. The charred remains were buried on the north side of the cemetery, adjoining the grave of her little niece, Lottie Hamilton, who was also killed but whose body was recovered shortly afterwards. A most beautiful polished oak coffin, with massive brass furniture, having a brass shield with Miss McCulloch's name, age, and date of death, had been made in York, and conveyed by the company's servants to the Thirsk Police Station, where the remains were laid, and after being placed in a hearse, these were followed up to the burial ground by Mr Steel, passenger superintendent, York; Mr Harper, stationmaster, Thirsk; Mr Waudby, foreman of the permanent way, York; Mr Welsh, stationmaster, Thirsk; and Inspector Cook, of Thirsk. The tenor bell of the Thirsk Parish Church was tolled, and the burial service, both in the chapel and at the graveside, was most impressively read by the Rev. Geo. Gill, of Thirsk.

THE SIGNALMAN JAMES HOLMES

The unfortunate man Holmes, who stands committed for manslaughter, will be brought up before the Thirsk magistrates on Monday next.

AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF RAILWAY SERVANTS

The following resolution has been adopted: "That we, the members of the York branch, in meeting assembled, express our deep regret at the lamentable accident which occurred at Manor House, near Thirsk, and our sincere sympathy with the injured and bereaved. We also wish to convey to Brother Holmes our deep sympathy with him in his trouble, and hereby pledge ourselves to assist him by every means in our power, through our noble society, of which we are glad he is a member (formerly of this branch). We further wish to place on record our disapprobation of the inadequate provision made for the relief of signalmen under ordinary circumstances."

THE THIRSK DISASTER. MESSAGES FROM THE QUEEN AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. CLEARING AWAY THE DEBRIS. IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODIES. REMOVAL OF THE DEAD.

Mr Mundella, President of the Board of Trade, has received the following telegram from Sir Henry Ponsonby on behalf of the Queen: "Can you convey to the sufferers from the Thirsk railway accident the Queen's sincere sympathy. She hopes the wounded are going on well."

A sympathetic message has been received by the railway officials at York from His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who is at present the guest of Lord Londonderry at Wynyard Park, Durham, asking for particulars of the catastrophe.

[From our own reporter. Thirsk, Thursday]

The scene of the distressing calamity was to-day visited by hundreds of the residents within an extensive radius of the spot where the collision occurred. By the exertions of the breakdown gangs everything that had impeded traffic either on the up or the down line was removed by nine o'clock on Wednesday night, although the rails on the up line had to be slightly deflected for a few yards to permit of trains to run clear of the engine and the Pullman car, the removal of these being postponed until Sunday next.

THE INQUEST

Mr Archibald Glen, of 70 Westbridge-end, Dumbarton, boot and shoe merchant, recognised a body as that of Charlotte Hamilton, aged 5 years, daughter of Janet M'Culloch Hamilton and John Hamilton. Her mother is at Sydney (NSW) and the father is dead.

Inspector Cook said there was nothing on the body but a ribbon with a coin attached round the neck.

All the bodies — with the exception of that of little Lottie Hamilton — were conveyed from Thirsk to-night, the Coroner making out the necessary certificates immediately on the conclusion of the inquest, and the railway company providing special trains for the carriage of the remains.

Mr William M'Culloch, the other injured passenger, is accommodated at a hotel close to Thirsk Railway Station, and though very much cut and bruised about the head and face was able to attend the inquest to-day and give evidence as to his missing sister, Annie M'Culloch, who is believed to have been cremated in one of the burned carriages.

THE RAILWAY DISASTER NEAR THIRSK. RAISING THE ENGINE.

Sunday was a day fraught with painful interest and expectancy over the scene of the terrible railway disaster near Thirsk on November 2nd. It was then that the duty was undertaken of lifting the wrecked engine and tender from the position they had occupied since the fatal morning of the catastrophe. A crowd, which numbered nearly a thousand, eagerly fixed their gaze upon the spot which the tender had vacated, under the impression that some evidence of human remains might be discernible.

Several wreaths have been placed on the grave of little Lottie Hamilton, who was laid to rest last Friday in Thirsk Cemetery, and the children attending the Church Schools in Thirsk, under the supervision of the Rev George Gill, are subscribing for a tombstone to her memory.

SYMPATHY OF RAILWAY SERVANTS

The Newcastle No. 1 branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants passed the following resolution on Saturday: "That we wish to convey to Signalman Holmes our congratulation on the fact of his being a member of this society, and to express our sympathy in his sad bereavement and the unfortunate position he is placed in through the deplorable accident that has taken place at Manor House, feeling confident at the same time that from a legal and moral point of view he stands absolved from all blame."

A PROTEST FROM SIGNALMEN

A meeting of North of England signalmen was held in Newcastle, when resolutions were passed sympathising with Holmes, and protesting against the manner in which relief was refused to men on special occasions. The present system of working signalmen 12 hours a day, which was said to apply to 90 per cent of main line signalmen, was condemned, and the opinion was expressed that if the eight hours system had been in operation at Thirsk the accident would not have happened.

Pastor Joseph Mills

Pastor Joseph Mills was born in Brisbane, Q, on October 22, 1883, and died at the Sanitarium in Wahroonga, NSW, on February 8, 1927, being a little more than forty-three years of age. Brother Mills accepted present truth in his native city when thirteen years old, as a result of having heard a series of cottage Bible studies. About eighteen months later he entered the Avondale School for Christian Workers, where he continued his studies for six years, being graduated from the Biblical-Academic course in 1903. During his student days he served various branches of the cause at Avondale as a stenographer, proof-reader and bookkeeper. After graduation he was connected with the Union Conference office for a short time. In 1904 he taught the church school at Eugowra, NSW, and for the two succeeding years served as a teacher in the College at Avondale.

Responding to a call to the foreign field, Brother Mills sailed in November, 1906, for Singapore, where he led in our educational work, and also acted as secretary-treasurer of the mission. In 1909 the Union Conference called for our Brother to connect with the New Zealand Missionary school at Pukekura, where he remained for six years, being principal of the school in the last two years. After spending a year in Australia, he again served as principal in New Zealand for three years.

From 1909 to the time of his illness, Brother Mills took a leading part in our educational work in Australasia. He was principal of the Australasian Missionary College for the year 1915. For the two years 1920, 1921, he was principal of the Western Australian Missionary School. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1921. From 1922 to 1926 he again carried heavy responsibilities in connection with the Australasian Missionary College, leading out in important branches of the work, both in the classes and on the farm, while at the same time faithfully carrying on the burdens that fell on him as pastor of the Avondale church.

While out in Singapore in 1907, our late Brother was married to Miss Jeanette Glen Hamilton Carswell, his faithful companion through all these years, who, with an adopted daughter of tender years, is left to mourn this great loss. Other relatives, all believers in the advent message, and some of them actively participating in the organised work are as follows: of his brothers, J. H. Mills, the eldest, is connected with our work in Brisbane; H. E. Mills is in our work in Adelaide; and W. E. Mills is a deacon of the Wahroonga church.

Those of us who have known Pastor Mills for many years have always found him to be a true, loyal, and lovable Christian; and those of us who have been in close contact with him during the recent years in the work at the College have seen that the experiences of life, as the years passed by, had evidently carried him into a closer union with and fuller conformity to the Master whom he served.

On Wednesday, February 9, after a service in Wahroonga church, we laid our brother to rest for a little season in the Chatswood cemetery. Pastor C. H. Watson and other Union Conference officers, Pastor L. H. Wood, principal of the College, and other leading ministers, participated in the services in the church and at the graveside, which were attended by a large number of sympathising friends.

A devoted standard bearer has fallen. He rests from labours; but his works follow him.

Sister Joseph Mills wishes to express her deep appreciation of the kind thoughts of the many friends as expressed through the medium of letters, telegrams, and floral tributes, and also to thank the doctors, matron and nurses for the care which they so untiringly gave to her husband during his long illness at the Sanitarium.