AUSTRALIAN.
♦ beuteb's telegbams. i Melboubne, Nov. 12. The Daily Telegraph states that a man named Knowles, a member of the Salvation Army, has confessed to Major Barker that he (Knowles) murdered Bates, the actor some lime since. A serious railway accident occurred on the Essendon line at noon to-day. The j train which was conveying visitors to the j races had passed the North Melbourne j station when the axle of one of the secoud class carriages broke, causing the carriage to upset. Three passengers, who were severely injured, were conveyed to the Hospital, and one of them now lies in a serious condition. Several other passengers suffered injuries of a less serious character.
Received Nov. 13, 0.55 a.m.! Melbourne. Nov 12. Three persons, who were taken to the hospital, were the only passengers who were injured by the railway accident on the Essendon line. The remainder escaped with a severe shaking. The Australian overland telegraph line is interrupted. The Salvationist, Knowles, who confessed to having murdered the actor Bates, and was arrested by the police, was brought up at the Police Court today and remanded for a week. Betting on the Mares Produce Stakes at the post was 9 to _ in favor of MartiniHenri. Later. Martini- Henri won by two lengths.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 69, 13 November 1883, Page 2
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