NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COLLISSION.
DEATH OF ONE VICTIM. United Pbksi* Absooiattow Sydney, April 18. In the collision seventeen were injured. The Temora train was standing at Binalong station, which is approached by a sharp bend, preventing a riew of incoming trains, waiting for the express to pass. Both trains were heavily laden with passengers.
A sharp application of the brakes of the express threw many out of.their seats and sleeping bunks, and greatly reduced the impact, otherwise a disastrous smash must have occurred. Robert Thomas, a well-known femora resident, has succumbed to Ins injuries. The others are mostly suffering from cuts, bruises, and shock. A party of Federal legislators was aboard the express. The .PostmasterGeneral (Mr Spence) received cuts on the face, Senator Watson cuts on the face and head, Senator McDougall cats on the nose and knees; Representatives Carr and West, cuts on the lace. None was seriously hurt. Mr .Joseph Cook was thrown out of his bunk and severely shaken. He fainted lint soon recovered. The cause of the collision is not stated.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 90, 19 April 1915, Page 7
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176NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COLLISSION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 90, 19 April 1915, Page 7
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