Fatal Railway Accident at Adelaide.
(UNITED PBKBB ASKOCIATIOtr) Adelaide, Thursday. A fatal railway accident occurred on tli'* 'Uergott Springs and Strangways stii'ioa section of tho Northern Railway Extension, now m course of construction abiiti.t 8 o'clock hist night. A train consisting of aii j j njfiiiß and eleven trucks, having on board 33 ballast men, was retiirni.j-.', when, on reaching an embankincur, the driver of the engine noticed sufuw cattle on the line, but too late to stop the train. Three cattle were killed and, setting under the wheels, disrailed tlrs rain. Seven trucks .vere overturned, 5 of i!to occupants being killed instantanconsly, and three others injured. Iho ginr.l of tlis train had a miraculous escapp. Tlie bodies of tho ballast men killed \ver« found m a frightfully mangled condition.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1692, 24 April 1886, Page 4
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130Fatal Railway Accident at Adelaide. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1692, 24 April 1886, Page 4
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