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  2. DISASTROUS RAILWAY COLLISION.

    Considerable commotion was caused at the Spencer-street station on Wednesday evening at about ten o'clock on its becoming known that a collision had taken place on the Geelong line ...

    Article : 1,517 words
  3. DR. CHAS. RYAN'S STATEMENT.

    Dr. Ryan states: I never saw such a chaotic spectacle as that presented at the scene of the accident on the arrival of the special train, which took myself and Dr. Eccles and the ...

    Article : 633 words
  4. THE FATAL TELEGRAM.

    The following is a copy of the telegram sent by the daughter of the Werribee station master to the Little River station, and which was the sole cause of the disaster:-- ...

    Article : 74 words
  5. SUSPENSION OF THE WERRIBEE STATION MASTER.

    As soon as the report of Mr. Biddle, the Werribee station master, was placed in the hands of the Railway Commissioners he was suspended from duty, pending an inquiry ...

    Article : 97 words
  6. STATEMENT OF MR. W. COLLARD SMITH, M.L.A.

    Mr. W. Collard Smith, M.L.A., makes the following statement:--I entered the train at Ballarat, taking my seat in a first class carriage. There was only a guard's van between ...

    Article : 1,542 words
  7. THE DAMAGE TO PERMANENT WAY AND ROLLING STOCK.

    The damage done to the permanent way and rolling stock is greater than was at first calculated. The two locomotives have been almost ruined. The frames, boilers, cylinders, ...

    Article : 308 words
  8. THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    The following are copies of the official reports sent in to the Railway department:-- THE LITTLE RIVER STATION MASTER'S REPORT. Little River Station, 2nd April. To General ...

    Article : 2,219 words
  9. MR. JOHN WOODBURN'S STATEMENT.

    Mr. John Woodburn, storekeeper, residing at Dunkeld, states:--My wife and myself entered the train from Portland to Ballarat at the Dunkeld station on Thursday afternoon. It ...

    Article : 548 words
  10. THE TRAIN STAFF REGULATIONS.

    Upon its becoming known that the section between Little River and Werribee stations was worked on the block and staff system combined the general opinion was that the ...

    Article : 641 words
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