Serious Railway Accident
By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. LPIE UNITED PBKBB ASSOCIATION.] Sydney, October 28. A goods train, while watering at the Fish river tanks this morning, was dashed into by a second goods train Attached to the first train was a passenger carriage containing several passengers and railway employes. This carriage was completely smashed, and many of the occupants received injury. Howard, a carpenter, had his nbs broken and his lungs affected, and a man named Wishey sustained serious injury to his head, both men being in a dangerous condition. Mr and Mrs Spiers, Messrs Stevens, Coombes, Riley and George received severe but not serious injury. It i» explained that the accident occurred owing- to the first train being short of water, and stopping to refilL&e boilers. The weather at the time was '■ f °gK7» and the leading train was not ' observed bj the driver of the second^ traitf uiitil too late to pwveat aa •*s. wont. . "■
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 61, 30 October 1888, Page 2
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