The collision occurred a little before 11 o'clock.The Ballarat train was running a little late, and was just moving out of the station when the ...
Article : 339 wordsThe Conference met again at 8 o'clock on Monday evening to conclude the business which was held over from Saturday. There was a fair ...
Article : 1,154 wordsThe collision would seem to be attributable to a misunderstanding on the part of two passengers by the Bendigo express whose identity is not ...
Article : 455 wordsThere is a signal known as "one five" which tells drivers that the line ahead is clear, but that the next station is blocked. Drivers and firemen who are ...
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Family Notices : 312 wordsIn the wake of such an appalling calamity are certain to follow numerous claims against the Railway Department for damages. To meet such claims ...
Article : 319 wordsDr. Box of Footscray, was the first doctor to reach the scene of the accident. On arrival he found a plucky young lady administering first aid to ...
Article : 214 wordsDr. Charles Ryan, the railways medical officer, was questioned to-night concerning the prospects of the recovery of the injured patients who had come ...
Article : 217 wordsAmong many of his fellow-employees in the Railway Department Driver Milburn, who was in charge of the first Bendig engine, was known as "Hellfire ...
Article : 651 wordsThe metropolitan Coroner (Dr. R. H. Cole) has decided to begin the taking of evidence as to the catastrophe on Monday, May 4. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe following telegram was sent by the Acting-Premier, the Hon. A. A. Kirkpatrick, to the Premier of Victoria on Tuesday morning:—"On behalf of ...
Article : 151 wordsOne of the saddest stories told by the passengers was that of the death of a bride and injuries to her husband Mr. D. Court, who related it, said:—"I did ...
Article : 122 wordsDr. Lane, of Footscray, in the course of an interview, said that he was informed of the accident both by the police and the railway officials, and ...
Article : 220 wordsDriver Leonard Milburn, who was in charge of the first Bendigo engine, was badly shaken and bruised, and his nerves were quite unstrung. He had ...
Article : 158 wordsWholesale disaster overtook Mrs. Lily Huntingdon, of Footscray, who was accompanied by her two children. She was seriously injured herself, and when ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 324 wordsIn the Peat's Ferry, New South Wales, railway accident, which happened on June 21, 1887, six persons were killed and over 70 injured. The ...
Article : 342 wordsWhen interviewed to-day, the enginedriver of the Bendigo train. Leonard Milburn, an elderly, experienced man, stated that when approaching Sunshine ...
Article : 357 wordsCalculations made by railway officials go to show that there must have been nearly a thousand passengers on the train from Bendigo and the train with ...
Article : 234 wordsWhen the Sunshine Fire Brigade turned out to extinguish the burning carriages the first man to reach the station was Auxiliary Fireman Laffan. ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. E. J. Steele, who was a passenger on the Bendigo train, when interviewed, said:—"It is quite impossible to convey any idea of the horror of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 972 wordsA medical man who attended to 15 of the injured relates a horrible occurence. While moving about he caught a man endeavouring under cover of the ...
Article : 77 wordsThough the horrors of the railway calamity, as dimly seen by the flickering lights of torches and flares, in the Sunshine Railway Station, on Monday ...
Article : 1,047 wordsGuard W. Darcy, who was in charge of the Bendigo train, stated that his train, having a full passenger load, was to have run express from Kyneton ...
Article : 398 wordsThe Chairman of the Railway Commissioners (Mr. Tait) made the following statement when seen to-day:— "The Railway Commissioners are ...
Article : 606 wordsIt was half-past 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning when the last of the injured were despatched to Melbourne in a train which contained the dead bodies ...
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Advertising : 365 wordsIn the third of the shattered carriages on the Ballarat train were nine people, four of whom were playing cards. Just as the train had drawn ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 22 Apr 1908, Page 8
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