SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
[REUTER —COPYRIGHT.] ; (Received August 29, J .15 p.m.) " MELBOURNE, This day. A serious railway accident occurred last night on tile liiie td Bssendon near this city, The 9.45 p.m.' Melbourne train had reached Newmarket when the signals were found to be defective. The : driver proceeded under order from the signalman, who however turned the train on to a siding where it Tan into a cattle train. The shock was terrible, one and twenty passengers in the Melbourne train were injured, two somewhat seriously, but most were able to proceed to their homes without medical attention.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1079, 29 August 1883, Page 3
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