Six persons injured in train derailment.

Passengers all able to continue journey after Beeton smash.

Special Despatch to The Globe.

Beeton, May 11.—Six persons, including three passengers, were slightly injured when C.N.R. train No. 61 [Passenger, daily except Sunday due at Beeton 09:25] was derailed this morning one and one-half miles south of here on the HuntsvilleMilton subdivision.

Doctors were immediately rushed to the scene of the accident, and an auxilliary was despatched from Allandale. The injured passengers were able to continue their journey.

According to a statement issued last night by A.E. Warren, General Manager of the Central Region, C.N.R., the engine, tender, combination car and coach left the rails, and the following sustained slight injuries: Margaret J. Boreland of Caledon East, slight injuries to back; Messrs. Mulligan and Bateson of 2 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, arm hurt; W.I. Magee, 129 Ross Park, Toronto, arm wrenched; J. Johnston, mail clerk, injured side; and W. Tomlinson of Hamilton, bruised ribs.

The cause of the accident is under investigation, Mr. Warren states.

Mrs. Magee informed The Globe that she received a telephone message from her husband, who is a traveller, stating that he had been in a wreck, but was not seriously hurt and was continuing his journey.

Railways: C.N.Rys.

Stations: Beeton

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