ME F. STBPHBN, JTJN'S., STATEMENT. I got into the first-class smoking carriage at Middle Brighton. Immediately after leaviDg .Richmond an unpleasant jolting of the carriage commenced. This increased till after the crossing bridge was passed. Here the carriage appeared to be "wabbling." The passengers instantly apprehended danger. The bumping in creased, and I called to Mr Hodsjkin son to open the windows, and the passengers assisted in doing so. As the bumping got worse we all laid hold of the rafter below the lamps and continued standing. The pace of the engine increased to a considerable extent. As we passed the Jolimont gate a terrific crash followed, and the carriage we were in was hurled over the side of the bank. Another crash fol lowed like a flash of lightning, and then everything appeared chaos. Shrieks and groans mingled with one and another, I felt myself lying on my back caught by. some splinters, and a man who appeared dying lying on the aide of me. I felt him shudder, and then he was. stilL •.---■ Splinters were flying about like matches, and the occupants of the carriage, who numbered about twenty, ap peared to be receiving serious injury from these missiles. The carriage appeared smashed to atoms. I was jammed about four inches from the roof of it. I looked around to see which way I could get out, and found that there was an opening in the carriage towards the water and another facing Melbourne. I endeavoured to scrape myself along, but found that I was firmly fixed, my coat being caught by a strong splinter. I managed with great difficulty to extricate myself from my coat, and then pushed myself along 'on my back till I reached the aperture and got out. I can not tell ho w I got on my back, I remember feeling something strike me, and then I did not remember what occurred for a second or two. Everything was so sudden, and there was such confusion, in spite of the fact that we were all prepared for the accident'and cool. I remember, while I was lying, seeing Mr Hodgkinson pull out Mr Kitz. The carriage, after the accident, resembled abutcher'sshop.lblood being bespattered over the boards. The peculiar manner in which people were caught was very singular. Some appeared to be caught by the head and some by their coats. 