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  2. COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.

    Under the Railway Act the Commisioners are bound to report to the Minister the details of any accident upon the lines. This report was forwarded to the ...

    Article : 2,639 words
  3. PERSONAL.

    The Premier, who is suffering from a severe cold-and an affection of the throat, was able to leave his bed for a few hours on Saturday, and to sit in an arm chair by ...

    Article : 668 words
  4. WERE THE BRAKES ACTING?

    One of the important questions that have to be determined in connection, with the accident is how the brakes on the Bendigo tram acted. The driver of the first engine ...

    Article : 270 words
  5. ALLEGED DELAYED RELIEF.

    On Tuesday last, the day after the accident, attention was drawn to the delay that took place in despatching relief. This is denied by the Commissioners in their ...

    Article : 125 words
  6. THE CORONER'S INQUIRY.

    The coroner (Dr. Cole) had an interview with Mr. Mackey, the Solicitor-General, to-day, with reference to the form in which the inquiry will be held, and expecially as ...

    Article : 151 words
  7. FURTHER SYMPATHETIC MESSAGES

    Further messages of sympathy and condolence continue to be received at the Premier's office. To-day a number of resolutions carried by municipal councils in ...

    Article : 114 words
  8. SHORT PLATFORMS.

    Both Guard Darcy (of the Bendigo train) and Guard Fraser (who was in charge of the train from Ballarat) ascribed much of the lost time, oil their respective journeys ...

    Article : 292 words
  9. A PATHETIC NOTICE.

    Near the window of the booking office at Sunshine the following notice is placarded —"Owing to the death of our secretary, and are the railway accident, the ...

    Article : 163 words
  10. GOULBURN LEVEES.

    A largely-attended meeting of landholders within the levee area of the Goulburn River was held at Undera on Saturday to consider the Premier's proposal to expend £2000 on ...

    Article : 147 words
  11. COST OF THE DISASTER.

    The question, of compensation is being-discussed freely in many quarters, but partienlarly by members of the State Government, which will have to authorise the ...

    Article : 173 words
  12. THE INJURED.

    Those who were injured in the accident and subsequently removed to the hospitals of the city are gradually improving, and it is not anticipated that any further fatal ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. CARRIAGE WITHOUT A BRAKE.

    Various rumors of a more or less surprising prising character are in circulation regarding possible contributing causes of the collision. The statement was made on ...

    Article : 210 words
  14. SPORTING.

    Miss Ivy Evans, champion lady runner of Australia, is matched against Madame Drennan, of Sydney. The race is to take place in Melbourne about the middle of next monnth. ...

    Article : 443 words
  15. REFERENCES IN THE CHURCHES.

    The announcement that the Rev. Henry Worrall would deliver a sermon on "The Railway Disaster and Life's Disregarded Signals" attracted a- largo congregation to the ...

    Article : 1,537 words
  16. CLAIMS ON THE DEPARTMENT.

    The Railway department, through the claims agent continnes to receive notifications of injuries from various passengers who were in one or other of the trains that ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. CALL FOR EVIDENCE.

    Detective Burvett, who is conducting inquiries on behalf of the coroner, will be very glad to hear from any passenger of the Bendigo train who noticed anything ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. GOLDEN-SQUARE TRAGEDY.

    The case of the condemned man, John Charles Manning, who tics under sentence of death for the murder of his wife at Bendigo, has not yet been considered by ...

    Article : 260 words
  19. MORE INJURED PEOPLE

    Some confusion has been occasioned in the commutation of the number of people who have been injured. Yesterday it was officially stated that the number of claims ...

    Article : 403 words
  20. TEMPORAY ASSISTANCE.

    The claims agent has, in response to instructions from the Commissioners, accorded temporary relict to the relatives of some of the passengers who were killed, and to ...

    Article : 75 words
  21. EFFECT ON RAILWAY MEN.

    The mental pressure has been very heavy during the last week upon railway officials of all grades in any way connect eel with the dissaster. The engine-driver of the ...

    Article : 159 words
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  23. LETTER TO PRISONER'S COUNSEL.

    Recently Mr. J. E. Burnett, who is acting for John Charles Maiming, the condemned man, wrote to the Executive Counsel, asking that tho final consideration of ...

    Article : 78 words
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