RAILWAY DISASTER.
— . fr. DERAILING OF A WORKMEN'S TRAIN.
SEVEN KILLED : NINE INJURED. Melbourne, March 3. A contractor's train containing thirty men was derailed near Hamilton owing to its running over a bullock. Seven of the occupants of the train named Walters, Stanley, Dillon, O'Brien, Dumphy, McGee, and O'Donncll were killed instantly, one being completely decapitated. Nine others
were seriously injured,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5709, 4 March 1890, Page 3
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60RAILWAY DISASTER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5709, 4 March 1890, Page 3
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