When Kelly lay on the floor in the railway van, Inspector Sadlier appealed to him to send some signal to his comrades and spare further bloodshed, but he replied. "I cannot ...
Article : 419 wordsSuperintendent Hare telegraphs as follows:--"The pilot engine was stopped half a mile from Glenrowan, and we were told that the line had been pulled up by the Kellys a mile ...
Article : 233 wordsMrs. Reardon, wife of a platelayer, [?]orking on and living near the line at Glenrowan, made several desperate efforts to escape from the inn during the thickest of the fight with ...
Article : 438 wordsJohn Stanistreet, the stationmaster at Glenrowan, states:--" About 3 o'clock on Sunday morning a knock came to my door. I live at the gatehouse, within a hundred ...
Article : 883 wordsThe duty of searching the outlaw was entrusted to Senior-constable Kelly, who only found a threepenny piece, a silver watch, and a few chains on him. On asking the outlaw ...
Article : 47 wordsThe armour which the outlaw wore weighed 1cwt. exactly, and consisted of six plates of 14in. steel, manufactured from ploughshares stolen from the farmers around Greta. On ...
Article : 65 wordsThe scouts kept up an occasional fire on the hotel until about 1 o'clock, when an order was given that if all the persons in the house did not come out they would be fired upon ...
Article : 137 wordsHugh Bracken, police-constable No. 2,228, stationed at Glenrowan, said: I have been long acquainted with this district, but I have only been on duty here for about a month or ...
Article : 575 wordsAmongst the numerous tragic incidents and scenes that occurred from time to time during the eventful day to keep those engaged in the siege in a perpetual state of excitement ...
Article : 1,753 wordsSenior-constable Kelly: When we started from the platform, we ran down towards the railway gates, learning that the gang were in Jones's public-house [?] had not time to ...
Article : 1,161 wordsCharles C, Rawlins, living at Benalla, said, I joined the special train at half-past 1 a.m., and on arriving at Glenrowan, started to the railway gates on the rush being made with ...
Article : 227 wordsRobert Gibbons, a farmer living at Glenrowan said: I came to the railway station at Glenrowan about 8 o'clock on Sunday night, with Mr. Reynold's brother, for his ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 3 Jul 1880, Page 19
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