AUSTRALIAN' NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 10

AUSTRALIAN' NEWS.

SERIOUS BAHAVAY ACCIDENT. ' A serious railway accident ocoured on Mij about six miles from Narandera, on the brim line from, Junee to Hay, between 3 and 4 o'cfa The circumstances are' somewhat similar < those pf the Cootamundra accident, in' whicln many Melbourne , bookmakers were concern; and several were hurt. The train, wty was known as , the , Jerilderie mail tnj left '-Narandera, .fcti' about 4 .p.m., v tKe / accident occurred jat the Ocsmbankas about seyen miles, distant. < .Tbia.fembankiM had partly .given way, in consequence of B heaVy'raih:;, The.^iigiii6';t»aflsed safely overjj dangerous -gap,- bat the tender-was^ jihrovmt the line,'ah^ahel,oarriageß following contain passengers telegpoped.;. The 1 guard, the driq and, stoker escaped unhurt,, and the form walke^iiito ! NaMndera,,w;ih' jshe.news of the* oicjenfc A special' train waa'de^patch^d, ml brought JX back'^' tp - " ( Narajade'ra , .the up passengers. -Su^ \ of \ wejiiei who, had ' sustain "severe* injuries jWe^e ' poix^e^ed.' to. h pital, .put severoT J ,o,tijerS|,''.w!ho' were vi slightly hurt' or 'sn^kferi were otherwise provii for. , , The scene of 'th'^ acjcidentis strewed vii the wreckage. ; . (^nej carriage has, been smiain and twisted into a thp'usand.^agments. It vi .wonder no one was, killed." Aydunginau, name Charles Thoma^ who was' on his way top married, 'w^s 1 , badly hurt, but is exp'eoted tot» cover. ' Mr Bradford (of Oploinbo creek^l Fpx, A, f Urana,',Mr MJliellan, and [one or tn ptherß Were 'severely 'injured. Several Wj escaped rnuhurt, and ■ four children who i irfevglling r w:ith. their mother dame; off aoathl The police,, and,, others had to work up to {] knees in the mud in.assUting therwounded ] seligera and putting things' stiriiight. Then paijtment in ? which Thomas was travelling burflt'dpen,-and tie was found jambed betii the- wheels. He is' r npwi recovering ; M'Lellan is not expeofcedi to recover. Thei were piled oh, topof;one:aaqther, thereof one of thecarS.was torn Off, and the line t up for a considerable distance. Thevw, carriages are only^fit for firewood. , t , JDANIQB^ fOP^OSppOBU^. i News from Terowie^j^ates" that' eight to lads named ' ; Hill," •»elfelffir I , li{ Elliott, Li (2)', and Blatfcery '(d)' 31 narrowly 1 em] losing their .lives, besides nearly destroy a quantity of property. The two Laceys gome phosphorus;' in sticks .fr^m the h premises of a chemist's shdpi and distribn them among the other lads. .^vid.Laceyi Been in the street with his' clothes on fire. B< a shop, assistant, tore bis clothes off, bat I boy was fearfully burnt, ; and. altogether i in a precarious .state. . Belcher, took phospto home and put it in a private part of theP Office. The dwelling was at once set on f and,, the whole place was threatened with struction, the carpets, mats, and skirting boi being damaged. ,Tho other > lads, took some the phosphorus to flattery's Hotel, and pal in the dining room, wh^oh was soon on I Four girls, the boys' sisters, jumped through I windows, while the lads ran, 'through thelj One of them ' was' severely 'burnt, twi his hands "and knees badly 'scorched* \ other lads were .not hurt, but were gra frightened. The phosphorus "was seen bun in the streets for hours. The substance i kept in a case enclosed in a threergallon ju water with, a bung., The 'boys took, the li; the case, and;. the cover has not yet found.