Tragic Death Of Melbourne Boy Falls From Train Door
A Melbourne High School student Kenneth Ramsay aged 11 died after falling from a moving express train near Rockbank. Investigations revealed the boy leaned from a door during the 40 mile per hour journey, a loaded goods train on adjacent line may have caused the fall. Witnesses described him as skylarking before the fatal incident.
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Kenneth Jumnou Ramsay
Von
George ¥ Hamsay
Bacchus Marah
Melbourne
Weel-Ands
Stadenta
Spencer Street
Rockbank Station
Lou
Wess
Hoekbank
Tragic Train Death Shocks Town as Passengers March
A boy's fatal fall on the traveling train section near Locks Brale drew widespread sympathy and prompted a procession by the local police and peers. Captain Billinghurst led a somber carriage to the cemetery as classmates and Sunday school girls paid their respects at the graveside amid a solemn salute.
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Roeylars
Allarnoon
Billinghurst
Liesidat Force
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Railway boys riding carriages endangering lives
A letter notes incidents of youths travelling on moving trains and riding atop carriages near schools. It urges the Railway Department to prosecute to deter these dangerous pranks and protect lives, citing examples of opening doors and walking along footboards as trains run.
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Agaurn
Tom School
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Lome
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BAIN
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