NEW SOUTH WALES.
(Reoeived Aplrl 28, noon.) Sydney, Thursday. The damage to the rolling stock by tbe railway accident is estimated at about £30,000. The acoident is the most disastrous that haa ever occurred in Australia. The train was travelling at the irate of twenty miles per hour, and when the accident happened the driver managed to stop within one hundred yards. Very little shock was experienced in the front part of the train. The night was dark and cold, and for the time the scene was one of terrible confusion. Stanbnrv is favorite for the sculling championship, though it is expected that Snllivan will row a great race. The race will be rowed on Monday afternoon, with a lavorable tide. In connection with the accident to the train conveying Sell's circus, the driver of the colliding 'train has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. CReoetved April 29, 12.« s.m.| i.» f*"^ name of on <" ot 'he women killed in the railway accident was Millie Basbell, not Ashwell. Her body was mnttlated almost beyond recognition. The inquest on the remains of the victims I » proceeding. I
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 9267, 29 April 1892, Page 3
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189NEW SOUTH WALES. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 9267, 29 April 1892, Page 3
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