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  4. ENGINE DRIVER'S STATEMENT.

    Driver Miiburn was in charge of the first engine of the Bendigo train, and on the second engine was Drivers Denney. who had with him Fireman Dolman. When ...

    Article : 173 words
  5. TO-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST

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  6. LATEST MARKETS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 149 words
  7. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

    Announcements of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, net exceeding five lines, are inserted once each in the Register, The Observer, The Evening Journal, and special summary prepared for ...

    Article : 777 words
  8. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A dreadful railway accident occurred late last night at the Breybrook Junction, about seven miles from Melbourne. Where the Ballarat and Bendigo lines meet. A ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. THE WHEAT COMMISSION

    A meeting of the Wheat Commission was held at Parliament House on Tuesday, when there were present:—Mesas. Coombe (Chariman), McDonald, Roberts, Goode, ...

    Article : 714 words
  10. THE DEAD

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 163 words
  11. FLAMES ROARING ABOUT US

    “No.” said one of the bandaged men. “I've had enough of reporters. I've had a few of them around. Yes. the Bendigo train ran into us as we were moving out ...

    Article : 127 words
  12. LATEST SHIPPING.

    Sermaphore.—Tuesday, April 21—Low water 12.00 p.m. high water, 6.10 a.m. ARRIVED.— April 21. m[?] 1,658 tons, J.J. Leask, from eastern ...

    Article : 333 words
  13. PASSENGERS NARRATIVES.

    “We left Ballarat 40 minutes late,” said Mr. Norman Hodges, of South Yarra, “ I suppose that’s what caused the trouble. We just left Sunshine Station when—Well. ...

    Article : 678 words
  14. DEATH OF A BRlDl

    One of the saddest stories told by passengers was of the death of a bride and injuries to her husband. Mr. D. Court, who related it, said “I did not hear their names. ...

    Article : 103 words
  15. SPLINTS FROM FENCE PICKETS.

    Dr. Lane, of Footscray in the course of an interview said that the first thing the and the ether doctors did was to stop the hemorrhage. They had supplied ...

    Article : 114 words
  16. “SCENE BEYOND DESCRIPTION.”

    Mr. D. Court, of East Melbourne, said:— “I was on the Ballarat train when the collision occurred. I was thrown across the carriage, and scrambled out. The secne. ...

    Article : 140 words
  17. PATHETIC INCIDENT.

    One pathetic incident was mentioned by Dr. Lane. A little boy wis dead. He had been. staked in the abdomen, and the bowel was protruding. A boby in the ...

    Article : 99 words
  18. TWO SISTERS DEAD.

    "There were two young ladies—sisters— who were found in the cars dead. All around as as we were at work people were graining and moaning, and when the ...

    Article : 80 words
  19. THE COLLISION.

    The collision occurred just before 11 o’clock. The Ballarat train was running a little late, and had just began to move cut of the station when the Bendigo train, ...

    Article : 149 words
  20. Family Notices

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  21. INTERVIEW WITH ENGINE DRIVER.

    The Age has the following report of an interview with the" engine driver of the Bendigo train, Leonard Milburn, an elredly experienced man. He states that. when ...

    Article : 198 words
  22. A GHOULISH THIEF.

    A medical man, who has death with 15 of the injured, reports a horrible occurrence. While moving about he caught a man endeavouring, under the cover of the ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. CAR DP LAYER'S EXPERIENCES.

    In the third of the shattered carriages on the Ballarat twin were nine people, four of whom were playing cards. Just as the train had drawn out of the station they ...

    Article : 196 words
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  25. TO THE RESCUE.

    No time was lost in taking measures to rescue the injured, and clear away the wreckage. The hospital and the fire brigade were communicated with. The ...

    Article : 167 words
  26. LATEST SPORTING.

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  27. A MOTHER'S MISFORTUNE.

    Wholesale disaster overtook Mrs. Lily Huntindon, of Footscray, who was accompanied by her two children. She was seriously injured herself, and when she could ...

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  28. PERSONAL.

    Mr. H. L. Kekwtick will be-acting officer m the Department of Home Affaire South Australia, during the absence of Mr G. Randall. ...

    Article : 367 words
  29. RECOVERING THE DEAD.

    By 1.15 17 corpses had been recovered from the debris—nine men, seven women, and one boy. The rescue parties were still dragging bodies, from under the wreckage, ...

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  30. KILLED AND INJURED.

    Of 42 killed, 28 bodies were identified. The injured number 74. ...

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  31. THE FIREMAN’S STATEMENT.

    Fireman Tominson, who was with Driver Milburn on the first engine of the Bendigo train, was present when Milburn made his statement to a representative, and ...

    Article : 166 words
  32. ORUNK AND INCORRIGIBLE.

    Of the eleven worshippers at the shrine of Bacchus who anneared at the Adelaide Police .Court on Tuesday morning. four were first offenders. One of these, a man of ...

    Article : 356 words
  33. LATEST PARTICULARS.

    The relief train arrived at Spencer street at 1.20. The platform was crowded with friends and relatives, and the Glistening helmets of the police moved amid the ...

    Article : 151 words
  34. ATTENDING THE INJURED. DOCTORS AT WORK.

    The Ballarat train had drawn up at the Sunshine platform after pasasge beset with stoppages, a few minutes before 11 o'clock, to take on board a number of people who ...

    Article : 365 words
  35. BETWEEN TWO FIRES.

    Suddenly the situation became appalling, the carriages above and below that in which the cardplayers had been seated caught fire, and soon the flames were ...

    Article : 82 words
  36. CALL ON THE HOSPITALS

    As soon as the news of the disaster reached the Melbourne Hospital Dr. McKelvie (medical superintendent) summoned all the assistance available, and ...

    Article : 220 words
  37. A DEATH TRAP.

    "We could not say what became of the other five-people in the carriage," said one of the gentlemen, when seen a few minutes after his escape. It was pitch dark, and ...

    Article : 90 words
  38. TROUBLES THAT DON’T COME SINGLY.

    Wholesale disaster overtook Mrs. Lily Huntingdon, of Footscray, who was accompanied by her two children. She was seriously injured herself and when she could ...

    Article : 99 words
  39. THE SIGHT TOO AWFUL.

    Miss Williams, of Braybrook, who was terribly shaken by witnessing the accident, and was waiting on the platform to see Miss White off, said:—"Braybrook is a ...

    Article : 216 words
  40. TAKING AWAY THEINJURED

    A dozen or so were carried out of the train motionless upon the stretchers between the black lines of the police. Slowly the crowd dispersed, carrying its friends ...

    Article : 99 words
  41. AGONIZING SHRIEKS.

    When the rescue party arrived at a quarter past 12 they found the platform strewn with the dead and wounded. They were lying all ova the place. Some ...

    Article : 83 words
  42. TO-DAY’S DIARY.

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  43. SOME OF THE KILLED.

    The killed include:— Sirs. Clark, Addison road, Moonee Ponda, Victor Peaces, Droop street, Footscray. Stewart Bungaral, Grey street, St Kilda. ...

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  44. LATEST MINING.

    C.K. Copper mines.—April 21.—with reference to the telegram from this company [?] on April 16. the following additional message has come to hand from the head office:—“Report sent ...

    Article : 77 words
  45. POLICE

    Eleven cased of drunkenness were death with. PORT ADELAIDE: Tuesday: April 21. Before Mr. T. Gepp, S.M.] one case of [?] was de[?] with. ...

    Article : 48 words
  46. LADY PASSENGER S STORY.

    Miss B. White, a passenger. interviewed, said:—"1 had just got into train [?] Ballarat, which was later when. before it moved off, I heard a whistle. A ...

    Article : 323 words
  47. SEPARATED ON THEIR WEDDING DAY.

    Mr. and Mrs. Morris were the names of the newly married couple on the train, and referred to in a previous message. The bride, who was shockingly injured, soon ...

    Article : 49 words
  48. PLUCK AND COOLNESS.

    The injured persons showed pluck and coolness, some of them bore their injuries stoically, two or three girls wish broken legs sacrcely uttered a word. One girl ...

    Article : 56 words
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