Another Railway Collision
By Electric rTelegrapn^— Copyright. (PSB TTKITKB PBSSS JL8BOOIATIOH.) , .:; ,-■; ..■ ■, r \ : v SntSKj,MAjI3J ■ . While the mail train from Brisbane was sbuntingi at Farley, ; near Maitland, ■:■■ the mail train! from ■ Sydney dashed into it. The force; of the collision was .terrific./ .Two? carnages of the Brubane train were thrown from the line, while a horse box and two carriages of the Sydney train^ were smashed to splinters. A jockey named McFadyen was. killed outright. Among t&e injured are the drivers Baunderßen and Farren, and Messrs Strickland aniFudey, Misses Mcltellar'andrßose. The racehorse in the horsebox was killed. . It is said that a heavy fog obscured ;jbhe signals. A great loss oHife wtas only fa verted s through "the .driver backings the stationary train . ■'.-. ■■-■-■ ■■ . •■■ • May 14. The official report on the, recent accident to the train at fiathtuut attributes |the cause tpthe fiuddoh pi^Xxb^iipiofXhe} train, thus causing a recoil and the couplings .to . snap. • . The repo?* »rgp» that automatic oontmuoui 1 brakes shbrild be introduced, .- • , l . < r > ■
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 138, 15 May 1890, Page 2
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165Another Railway Collision Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 138, 15 May 1890, Page 2
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