THE SUNSHINE STATION RAILWAY DISASTER On the night of Easter Monday, 20 April 1908, over 400 were injured and 44 people died as a result of a Melbourne-bound train from Bendigo colliding with the rear of a mail train from Ballarat, which was just leaving the station. Around 1,100 people were aboard the two trains. Almost all of the casualties were from the Ballarat train, as the Bendigo train was cushioned by its two locomotives.


Daughter of Rev. Robert Thomas Roberts and Eliza Roberts.

Married Griffith Hughes on Dec. 25, 1907.



WEDDINC BELLS.
HUGHES-ROBERTS. A VERY pretty and quiet wedding took place at the Welsh manse, Ferguson street, on Christmas Day, the contracting parties being Griffith, the second son of Mr. Owen Hughes, Hall-street, Newport, and Miss Ada Ann Roberts, daughter of the late Rev. T. R. Roberts, Williamstown. The Rev. J. J. Owen was the officiating clergy man, assisted by the Rev. R. A. Roberts (brother of the bride), the Rev. H. Jones, M.A., Rev. I. Glyn Jones and Rev. Mr. Rowlands (Queensland). The bridegroom is the moderator of the Welsh Presbyterian Church of Victoria. The bride was prettily costumed in white silk. Miss W. Roberts acted as bridesmaid, Mr. J. Jones being best man. After the ceremony the bridal party, to the number of 50, sat down to the wedding breakfast in the house The usual toasts were honored. The happy couple were the recipients of a number of valuable presents.

Williamstown Chronicle (VIC)
Saturday 4 January 1908, p.2

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Other Deaths:
ACREMAN, Rose Beatrice, Footscray General Cemetery
ATKINSON, Thomas, Williamstown Cemetery
BLIGHT, John Algernon, Ballarat Old Cemetery
BROWN, John, Ballarat New Cemetery
BUNYARD, Stuart Ormonde, Oakleigh Cemetery
CLARK, Archer, Melbourne General Cemetery
CLARK, Mary Alicia, Melbourne General Cemetery
DALLING, Frances Elizabeth, Mount Cole Cemetery
DANNOCK, James Oliver, Boroondara General Cemetery
DANNOCK, Maria Mary, Boroondara General Cemetery
DAVIS, Joseph, Melbourne General Cemetery
DENIER, Ernest , Ballarat New Cemetery
DENT, John Edward, Boroondara General Cemetery
DORAN, Denis, Broadford, a railway ganger from Lal Lal.
ELLINGSEN, Albert, Ballarat New Cemetery
GATES, Joseph Leonard, Footscray General Cemetery
GATES, Leslie Russell, Footscray General Cemetery
GILES, Matilda Maud, Boroondara General Cemetery
GREEN, Ethel May Dolly, Boroondara General Cemetery
HAWKES, John Daniel, Boroondara General Cemetery
HUGHES, Ada, Williamstown Cemetery
HUGHES, Griffith, Williamstown Cemetery
HUNTINGTON, Thomas Leslie, Footscray General Cemetery
JONES, Elizabeth Amelia, Melbourne General Cemetery
LAFFAN, Catherine Amy, Melbourne General Cemetery
LAFFAN, Bridget Alice, Melbourne General Cemetery
McCALL, George Wilkie, Boroondara General Cemetery
McKAY, Alexander Barclay, Melbourne General Cemetery
McKEAN, Thomas, Fawkner Cemetery
NANKERVIS, William, Melbourne General Cemetery
O'CONNOR, Frederick George, St Kilda Cemetery
PASCOE, Victor, Ballarat Old Cemetery
PEATE, Henry Edwin, Boroondara General Cemetery
RUSHBROOK, Esther Edith May, Boroondara General Cemetery
SAWYER, Frederick George, Melbourne General Cemetery
SKOGLUND, Oscar, Boroondara General Cemetery
THOMAS, William, Williamstown Cemetery
THOMAS, Janet , Ballarat New Cemetery
TUCKER, Annie, Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery
TUCKER, Margaret W. (Leckie), Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery
WATSON, Rupert Chester Inglis, Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery
WILLIAMS, Elizabeth, Melbourne General Cemetery
WILLIAMSON, Charles Frederick, Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery
WRIGHT, Agnes, Brighton Cemetery

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