FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR SYDNEY.
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED.
Many Injured
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Sydney, June 21. A serious railway accident occurred to tho excursion train at Peat's Ferry, near Sydney, this afternoon, by which Thomas Wilson, driver, and three others were killed. Thirty persons were injured, and three more persons have since died of the injuries received, and it is feared that three other cases will end fatally. All the wounded were brought into tho city this evening. ; Most distressing scenes occurred at the station on the arrival of the train. It is believed the accident was caused by tho brake not acting properly.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2333, 23 June 1887, Page 2
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105FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR SYDNEY. Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2333, 23 June 1887, Page 2
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