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  2. LACK OF APPLIANCES

    A remarkable feature of the work of tending and rescuing the injured was the complete lack of appliances or assistance at the call of the Railway Department. ...

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  3. A DISTRACTED DRIVER

    Driver Leonard Milburn, who was in charge of the first Bendigo engine, was badly shaken and bruised. His nerves were quite unstrung, and he had to be ...

    Article : 119 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES

    It has been semi-officially announced at Rome that Turkey has conceded to Italy the same privilege as to the other Powers regarding the post offices and has ...

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  5. CABLE MESSAGES

    The suffragettes are straining every never to defeat the Right Hon. W. S. Churchill's candidature for re-election at North-West Manchester. ...

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  6. VICE-REGAL SYMPATHY

    The Governor (Sir Reginald Talbot) has received the following telegram from the Governor-General at Sydney:—"Distressed to hear of the terrible railway ...

    Article : 204 words
  7. WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE

    The disaster is ascribed to the sudden failure of the Westinghouse brake. An interesting description of this contrivance is given in the "Encyclopedia ...

    Article : 605 words
  8. THE IRISH VOTE.

    Yesterday it was announced that 500 out of the 900 Irish votes in the North-Western division of Manchester, would most likely be cast against Mr. Churchill, ...

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  9. OTHER DRIVERS

    Gilbert Dolman, driver of the second engine, was not so much distressed, although he was badly shaken. Drivers A. R. Monk and N. Edgar, who were ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. CAUSE OF THE COLLISION

    There were a dozen theories flying around as to the cause of the collision, but it has been fairly well established now that that Bendigo train ran ...

    Article : 194 words
  11. NEARLY 1000 PASSENGERS ON THE TRAINS

    Calculations made by the railway officials go to show there must have been nearly 1000 passengers on the train from Bendigo and the train with which ...

    Article : 56 words
  12. WORKING OF SUNSHINE STATION

    The Sunshine railway station is worked by a staff of three officers, consisting of the stationmaster (Mr. F. G. Kendall) and his assistants (W. J. Cahill ...

    Article : 66 words
  13. THE ENQUIRY

    The metropolitan coroner (Dr. R. H, Cole) has decided to begin the taking of evidence on Monday, May 4. ...

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  14. THE LIST OF THE DEAD

    So far the accident has claimed 43 victims, and the list of the names of those who have been identified, as supplied from the morgue, is:— ...

    Article : 354 words
  15. A VATICAN INCIDENT

    A Professor of the Vienna University, his wife, and a friend, gained, through the Austrian Ambassador, admittance to the Pope's private mass. The pope ...

    Article : 107 words
  16. STATIONMASTER'S STORY.

    Kendall in conversation asserted that when the Ballarat train came in he duly protected it with the signals, and did not alter them. "The train was too ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. DRIVER MILBURN

    Driver Milburn, who was in charge of the first Bendigo engine, is known among his mates as "Hell-fire Jack," on account of the pace at which he had to take ...

    Article : 51 words
  18. GERMANY'S FUTURE

    State Councillor Martin has published a remarkable book, entitled "Germany's future." In it he contends that the maintenance of 22 monarchs, with ...

    Article : 61 words
  19. FIFTEEN MILES AN HOUR

    Driver Dolman, who was on the second engine, insists that the train was not travelling at more than 15 miles an hour when the smash occurred. He ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. SIGNAL WANTED

    The station before Sunshine is Albion, two miles away. The Bendigo train passed through that station at nearly full speed, and received no warning that ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. MR. CHAMBERLAIN

    In a letter to a correspondent, the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., declares that his greatest trial is they patience he must display. He felt that ...

    Article : 67 words
  22. BOSTON'S GREAT FIRE

    It is asserted by the underwriters that they possess proof that the fire in the Chelsea suburb of Boston was the result of incendiarism. ...

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  23. GUARD DARCY'S STORY

    Guard 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 : 158 words
  24. BRAVERY OF THE SUFFERERS

    Great courage and resource were displayed by the volunteers both from among the passengers and the residents of Sunshine, who came and tried to work ...

    Article : 334 words
  25. INDIAN BORDER

    An expedition consisting of 1200 men is leaving Peshawar to operate against, the Moesmands, a Pathan tribe between Peshawar and Kohat. This tribe has ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. BRITISH LABOUR PARTY

    The Independent Labour Party's Association at Huddersfield, Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., presiding, agreed to the offer of Mr. A. V. Grayson( Soc.), to ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. AUSTRALASIAN WIRES

    As a sequel to the sensational story related by the crew of the Swedish steamer Opland on Sunday, regarding the mysterious falling overboard of one of ...

    Article : 92 words
  28. AMERICAN EMBASSIES

    Mr. Longsworth has introduced into the United States Congress a bill-appropriating £1,000,000 sterling to provide residences for the American ...

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  29. OPIUM HOUSES

    In accordance with the decision of the Shanghai ratepayers, 559 opium houses will be selected by lot to be closed as from July 1. ...

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  30. SOMETHING ABOUT SUNSHINE

    Under the system adopted by the Railway Commissioners of altering and shortening names of stations, Braybrook Junction has come within recent years ...

    Article : 233 words
  31. SITUATION IN MOROCCO

    Reuter's representative at Tangier reports that Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, had informed the Britishers at Mogador that ...

    Article : 55 words
  32. WESLEYAN METHODISTS

    The decrease in the numbers of Wesleyan Methodists is the largest noted for 50 years, namely:—Full members, 4392; trial members, 1179; and juniors, ...

    Article : 34 words
  33. OLD AGE PENSIONS

    Since the federal Labour party his determined to insist, so far as it can, upon the passage of an Old Age Pensions Act this session, Federal Ministers ...

    Article : 138 words
  34. TELEGRAPH STRIKE

    The Indian telegraph strike has ended and the Government has appointed a committee to enquire into the grievances of the men. ...

    Article : 51 words
  35. HARRY THAW

    As a step towards his release, counsel obtained an order of the court permitting Harry Thaw to sign an application for a writ of habeas corpus. ...

    Article : 40 words
  36. THE INJURED

    The following is the full list of the injured, as far as they had been reported to-day:— Rose Acreman, 104 Pilgrim-street, ...

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  37. THE CITY SORROW-STRICKEN

    Sorrow stalked on every hand in the city to-day. Flags were flying at half must at Spencer-street and the Railway Offices, and told a tale which was ...

    Article : 118 words
  38. CANADA TO EUROPE

    It is reported at Ottawa that the Dominion Government intends to build a railway to Hudson's Bay, opening that route to Europe. ...

    Article : 31 words
  39. A RUNAWAY TRAM

    A tramway accident, in which, several people were injured, occurred at Bondi last night. Shortly before 11 o'clock an electric tram was drawn up ...

    Article : 234 words
  40. SOUTH AFRICA

    Sir George Farrar, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and Mr. Quian have resigned their seats on the Intercolonial Council owing to the High Commissioner (the Earl ...

    Article : 57 words
  41. COMPENSATION CLAIMS

    In the wake of such an appalling calamity are certain to follow numerous claims against the Railway Department for damages. To meet such claims, ...

    Article : 298 words
  42. MURDER AND SUICIDE

    As a result of jealousy, William Buchboltz, lace merchant, a St. Paul's churchwarden, committed suicide, after murdering a married women named ...

    Article : 33 words
  43. THE PLAGUE

    The Washington correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" asserts that unofficial advices say that Pagitayra is stricken, with plague, and the hospitals are ...

    Article : 50 words
  44. CONDITION OF PATIENTS

    Dr. Charles Ryan, the railway medical officer, was questioned concerning the prospects of the recovery of the injured patients who had come under his notice ...

    Article : 208 words
  45. MOTORS FOR ABYSSINIA

    It is stated by the Berlin correspondent of the "Standard" that Herr Holtz announces he has received from Emperor Menclik the sole right to run motor ...

    Article : 58 words
  46. SHIPPING

    The following notification were made at Lloyd's:— Arrivals.—Marathon and Planen. Departures—For Sydney—Zietan. For ...

    Article : 74 words
  47. ASSIGNED ESTATE

    Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, shipowners, of Liverpool, have assigned their estate. Hoarseness in a child subject to Group ...

    Article : 60 words
  48. THREE MEN DROWNED

    Three men who went fishing in a launch from Riverton were caught in a gale. The boat cansized, and all were crowned. ...

    Article : 30 words
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