AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
(Sydney, April 26. At Murmrundi, a man named Williams was run over by a train, and the body was muti!#ted to such an extent as to be beyond recognition. Melbourne, April 26. A signalman named Couch, on the Kensington Railway, was run over by', the train to-day, and the body hqrribly mutilated. A collision has taken place at the Footscray Railway Station, when an engine and van dashed into the centre of a goods train, striking it at right angles. A number of the waggons were smashed up, and the guard, who was in the van, was severely shaken.
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 99, 27 April 1888, Page 3
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