DOUBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
TRAIN RUNS INTO BREAK-DOWN GANG.
FIVE SURFACEMEN KILLED,
(Received 9.5 a.m.)
Brisbane, January 91
A double railway accident occurred near Murphy’s Creek. A cattle train was derailed and the line was blocked for ten chains. While a break-down gang was clearing the wreckage a train of empty cars ran into the debris. Five workmen—F. Freese, .Ti mes Little, G. J. McCarthy, Charles McGregor, Walter Claydon—were killed and five injured, two seriously.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 27, 31 January 1913, Page 5
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74DOUBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 27, 31 January 1913, Page 5
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