The excitement which was everywhere noticeable in the Railway department during Thursday had almost disappeared yesterday. The work in connection with the despatching ...
Article : 1,738 wordsThe Premier received the following telegram yesterday from Lord Carrington, the Governor of New South Wales:— "Lady Carrington and I deeply regret to ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. G. O. Duncan, late inspector-general of penal establishments in Victoria, died suddenly last night. He was reading an account of the railway disaster, when he fell back and ...
Article : 722 wordsThe inquest on the bodies of Mrs. Foster, wife of Dr. Foster, of Colac; Mr. E. S. Parkes, superintendent of the Bank of Australasia; Mr. William H. Runting; the ...
Article : 823 wordsThe Railway Commissioners have had their attention called to the expressed opinion that the running of what are termed suburban express trains at busy portions of ...
Article : 441 wordsTo the left is shown the composite vehicle, consisting of break van and smoking carriage, of the express. In the van Mr. Speight and Mr. Greene were riding. The express engine was running tail first. Over it and the van is the roof of the guard's van of the ordinary train. The portrait is that of Mr. E. S. Parkes, superintendent of the Bank of Australasia, who died from the effects of the injuries he received. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 82 wordsThe members of the departmental board of inquiry began their labours at an early hour yesterday morning. At 9 o'clock they met at Flinders-street, and accompanied by Mr. ...
Article : 356 wordsMr. David Cumming, a contractor living in Camden-street, Balaclava, makes the following statement:—"I was alone in a compartment of a second-class carriage about ...
Article : 350 wordsMr. W. B. Smith, a clerk in the employ of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, states:—"I was in the ordinary train, and in the sixth carriage ...
Article : 305 wordsSir,—Frederick Maskell's heroic act is one of the noblest instances of self-sacrifice on record, and should be enduringly remembered, for it is a title of nobility of which ...
Article : 138 wordsThe report of M. Quinlan, guard ot the express train, as addressed to the stationmaster, Brighton Beach, is as follows:—"I have to report for your information that I ...
Article : 440 wordsThe Railway Commissioners yesterday held further consultations with heads of departments in reference to matters concerning its liability for compensation to the relatives of ...
Article : 539 wordsSir,—I was a passenger by the 5.40 express train to Brighton last Wednesday, and I feel sure that I, together with others in the train, owe my life to the prompt action and ...
Article : 142 wordsMr. Archibald knight, salesman (with Messrs. Renard Bros.), Inkerman-street, Balaclava, said,—"I ran to the Hobson's Bay station, and just got into the back smoking ...
Article : 394 wordsMr. R. Cameron, son of the late Mr. Cameron, of Messrs. Grant and Cameron, seed merchants of Melbourne, says:—"I was in the smoking carriage of the ordinary train. ...
Article : 142 wordsThe funeral of Mr. E. S. Parkes, superintendent of the Bank of Australasia, whose death resulted from injuries received in the railway accident which occurred at Windsor ...
Article : 478 wordsIn addition to those cases mentioned in The Argus of yesterday, several others have been reported, and amongst them are— Mr. R. E. LLOYD, who is employed at Messrs. ...
Article : 304 wordsSir,—Starting for town this morning, though not a traveller on the Brighton line, my mind was full of an intention to address you with the view of starting a subscription ...
Article : 148 wordsThe condition of those who received injuries in the accident was, on the whole, yesterday considerably improved. There are, however, some cases in which no ...
Article : 785 wordsSir,—The only three serious accidents which have occurred on the Brighton line have been to express trains—[?]rgo, abolish them. The Brighton express timed to leave ...
Article : 257 wordsUp till now almost all the statements of the disaster have been made by passengers of the express train, who were slightly injured as compared with those in the ordinary. ...
Article : 246 wordsMr. T. Woods, of Brighton-road, states:— "I got into a compartment of the fourth carriage from the back of the ordinary train. It was one of those new carriages with ...
Article : 344 wordsMr. W. G. LEMPRIERE, who was the most seriously injured of those who were taken to the Alfred Hospital, and of whose recovery no hope was entertained from the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 14 May 1887, Page 10
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