The return of casualties to railway employees between 1879 and 1889 shows that 8 employees were killed and 101 were injured from causes beyond their own control; 126 were killed and 369 ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 13 May 1889, Page 7
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