THE MAILS.
COLOMBO, April 2. Arrived yesterday — P. and O. steamship Sutlej, from Australia, homeward bound. The Australian cricketers who are passengers are reported all well. TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. MELBOURNE, April 3. A terrible railway accident occurred last night about 10 o'clock on the Horsham line, near the Little river station, about 30 miles from this city. The passenger train from Ballarat came into collision with a special cattle train from Melbourne. Two persons were killed and many seriously wounded. Another accident occurred last night on the Echuca line at Sunbury, 24 miles from Melbourne. The boiler of an engine burst, and the driver was severely hurt. The fireman of the engine is missing.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume V, Issue 764, 3 April 1884, Page 2
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