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Advertising : 16 wordsWhen the news of the railway disaster was posted on "The Star" board intense excitement prevailed, and the latest information was anxiously ...
Article : 198 words“There will have to be a jury, certainly," said thy Premier Mr Murray;, on being asked if there would to a jury associated with tile Co[?] ...
Article : 159 wordsAn appalling railway accident occurred, during a heavy fog, at the Richmond railway station this morning, when an Elsternwick grain crashed Into tho rear of a Brighton train. The van and two adjoining carriages were smashed, nine persons were killed, and a ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Richmond railway station is one of the busiest suburban stations in Australia. The lines between Flinders street and Richmond constitute ...
Article : 291 wordsWhen the catastrophe occurred there was a dense fog, with the result that the signals were obscured. As is the general practice on such occasions, men were ...
Article : 180 wordsThe appearance of the name of Norman Holt in the casualty list caused considerable concern to Mr I E. Holt, of 108 Dawson street south, ...
Article : 148 wordsAn official message containing a list of dead and injured was received by Mr Allan, station-master at Ballarat west, from headquarters early in the ...
Article : 62 wordsAgonising screams broke out from the injured, and arias of horror from several on the platform who witnessed the crash. Nine persons were killed and ...
Article : 71 wordsMr L. Herman, of St Kida, who was on the Brighton express, in a in st class smoking crriage, near the engine, said:— ...
Article : 367 wordsThis is the sixth big catastrophe which has occurred on the Victorian railways. Previous to to-day’s disaster the chief railway smashes re— ...
Article : 337 wordsOne of the medical men attending to the innjnred complained bitterly of the slowness of the casualty train winch ran out to the scene of the disaster. ...
Article : 88 wordsWord was immediately sent to Melbourne, and a casualty train was promptly despatched to the scene of the accident. Several doctors, including Drs C. ...
Article : 86 wordsMost of the [?] [?] [?] [?] ...
Article : 106 wordsMr F. J. Brearley. architect. of Little Collins stroct, to-day thanks an mireliable clock for being in the land of the living. It is Mr Brearley’s usual ...
Article : 72 wordsMr Nunn, secretary of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council, has reason to congratulate himself in a double sense. In accordance with his custom, he caught ...
Article : 230 wordsWhen His Excellency Sir Thoumas Gibson-Carmichael hoard of the arcidont [?] telegraphed. to the Chief Commissioner of Railways us follow’s:—"The Governor ...
Article : 97 wordsPorter E. H. Emmet, of Green street, Richmond, was on duty in connection with the signalling, owing to the fog, at the Richmond, station, when ...
Article : 195 wordsThe nows of the collision quickly attracted a large crowd of people to the station but they were, kept back by a Kin m her of police who appeared on the ...
Article : 53 wordsDriver Allan, in charge of the Brighton train, said:—"We left Brighton at 8.20 and came on slowly. We were blocked at South Yarra for ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Elsteruwick train was in charge of Driver John Melville and Fireman James Burke. Driver Melville related his experience ...
Article : 421 wordsWhen seen upon his return to the city from the Richanond station to-day the Prime Minister (Mr Fisher) said that he desired to sincerely condole until the ...
Article : 91 wordsI can never forget the horror of that scene, the grinding of iron, the splintering of timber, the groans of the crushed and crippled who were pinned beneath ...
Article : 1,567 wordsM. L Carroll of South Yarra, who was in the Elsternwick train, said:- I occupied a first-class, next to the carriage where two ladies and a ...
Article : 201 wordsMiss Reddish, who resides at Par[?]— [?] [?] [?] ...
Article : 48 wordsReferring to the rumor that the signalman at the South Yarra signal box had come one at 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, Mr Tait said that the man ...
Article : 176 wordsWhen seen this afternoon, Mr Tait, Chairman of the Railway Commissioners said—“A few minutes after nine o’clock the 8.37 train ran into ...
Article : 154 words“I can fully sympathise with thesufferers in this awful accident. It is indeed a dreadful thing.” The Premier thus expressed [?] when on the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 211 wordsThere was some heartbreaking scenes at the Morgue as relatives and friends walked hesitatingly into the mortuary to see if it were true that ...
Article : 187 wordsMr Rowland Fink, son of Mr Theodore Fink, said:—As the tram was travelling at a moderate speed at the Richmond. station, I felt a severe bump, ...
Article : 135 wordsAn examination of the two trains, after the debris had teen cleared away, showed a most peculiar result. Each train had, what might be termed, a fatal ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 wordsMr Watt State Treasurer, said that when he first caught sight of the two trains he was afraid that the list of serious casualties might be larger than ...
Article : 74 wordsAt the Northcote Court Sydney Smith Hilson was charged with having attempted to commit suicide. Sub-inspector Nolan conducted the prosecution, and Mr ...
Article : 268 wordsAt the meeting of the City branch. A.N.A., the president. Mr W. Doncaster, said that it to only proper that the branch should express sympathy with ...
Article : 92 wordsA banking official said:-I was in the first smoker, next the engine of the second train. The train travelled slower than usual, and stops were ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 332 wordsI cannot understand why we were not stopped by something or somebody. we certainly did not see any signais, and I heard no warning sound of any ...
Article : 134 wordsThe railway officials made arrangements to enable the public to ascertain the names of all the killed and injured, notices containing tho names being ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 873 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the W.C.T.U. was held yesterday afternoon in the Dana street Hall: Mrs M'Lcod in the chair. The syllabus item was ...
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The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), Tue 19 Jul 1910, Page 1
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