On Wednesday afternon the 5.40 express from Melbourne to Brighton and the 5.30 ordinary train came into collision near the Windsor station. The accident arose from a neglect ...
Article : 2,184 words"I was in the ordinary train, which started from Melbourne at hair-past 5 o'clock, and when we got past the Prahran station the train stopped for five or six ...
Article : 356 wordsThe bodies of four of the killed were conveyed to the Melbourne morgue, in which there were already two corpses, and the stands groaned under their ghastly burdens. ...
Article : 242 wordsThe board of inquiry will consist of Messrs. F. Renniek, assistant engineer of existing lines; E. Philpot, signal engineer; R.H. Francis, assistant traffic manager; E. Jack, ...
Article : 3,109 wordsMr. F. O. Hill, of Balaclava, gives the following account of the disaster:—I was a passenger by the 5.30 p.m. train to Balaclava. There were several other persons in the same ...
Article : 503 wordsMr. Speight appears to have a peculiar liability to hairbreadth escapes in railway accidents. He was a passenger in the train which narrowly escaped colliding with ...
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The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Sat 14 May 1887, Page 28
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