Mr. C. Barwick at the scene of a terrible train crash Hurstville NSW. 1920.

The Sydney Morning Herald NSW

4 August 1920

HEROIC FORTITUDE.

AMONG THE INJURED.

Mr. C. Barwick, a resident of Hurstville, said:-

"I arrived on the scene within a few minutes of the accident, and assisted in the rescue work.

The scenes were terrible.

"I helped to chop a number out from the wreckage of the telescoped carriages.

One of the passengers had to have his leg chopped off before he could be extricated.

"Men were tangled with twisted steel, wood-work, and other parts of the carriage, and It seemed to be impossible to get them out. We were armed with the roughest of implements, and often when about to strike a blow with a tomahawk we would see the limb of some unfortunate person, which prevented us from chopping.

Steel had to be cut through with axes and saws. We worked as fast as it was humanly possible to do, but It seemed a dreadful time, and I often despaired of many being rescued in time.

"The injured were wonderfully cheerful. One lad, still in his teens, with his leg almost off and with other frightful injuries, asked me for cigarette. 

An-old man, badly Injured, asked me to get a flask of whisky for him out of one of his pockets. The others were the same, displaying wonderful fortitude."

Read how the accident occurred here.

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Walter J Thorn, Camden, NSW & Charlotte Frances Schofield b.1872- 1932 Bathurst NSW.

Walter J Thorn, B. Camden, NSW. son of William & Sarah.

Charlotte Frances Schofield b.1872-1932 Bathurst NSW. daughter of John and Maria.

CHILDREN:

Mini Vera Thorn Bathurst NSW. M. Patrick Percy Dalton Lithgow NSW.

Sydney Morning Herald.

23 Sept 1932

THORN. —

The Relatives and friends of Mr. WALTER THORN, Mr. and Mrs. ALBERT THORN, of 38 Chadlers Street, Marrickville, Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE THORN, Mr. and Mrs. CYRIL THORN, of Lithgow, Mr. and Mrs. P. DALTON and FAMILY, Mr. and Mrs. P. KERRIGAN, Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE BAKER and FAMILY, Mr. and Mrs. E. KEANE and FAMILY, Mrs. L. CORDEROY and FAMILY, and Mrs. H. PRIOR are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of his late dearly beloved WIFE, their MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, and AUNT, Charlotte Frances Thorn ; to leave Wood Cofill's Mortuary Chapel, 810 George- street, Sydney, THIS FRIDAY, at 1 o'clock, for  the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, via the Mortuary Station.  

WOOD COFFILL LIMITED.

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