ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
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Sydney, Jane 21. A serious. rail way accident occurred to an excursion train at Peat's Ferry, near Sydney this afternoon, by which Thos. Wilson, the driver, and three others were killed and thirty persons - injured. Three more persons have since died of the injuries received, and it is feared three other cases will end fatally. All the wounded were brought. into the city this evening. A most distressing scene occurred at the station on the arrival of the train. It is believed the accident was caused by the brake not acting properly.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1590, 22 June 1887, Page 2
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98ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1590, 22 June 1887, Page 2
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