LAST VICTIM OF 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.
Son of Oscar Skoglund and Aurora Caroline Christine (Sellgren) Skoglund.
Married Jennie Grace, who was also injured in the collision, on Jan. 8, 1908 in Ballarat, Victoria.
His left arm was fractured; gangrene set in one leg, which was amputated two days after the accident. Died at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.
THE RAILWAY DISASTER
ANOTHER DEATH
POSPONED ENGINE TESTS.
TO BE MADE TO-DAY.
. . . The number of victims of the collision was increased to 44 yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Oscar Skoglund succumbed in the Alfred Hospital to the injuries which he received on that fateful journey. Notwithstanding the critical nature of his case from the outset, hopes were entertained last week that Mr. Skoglund would be pulled through. The circumstances are particularly sad, as the wife of the deceased, a bride of but a few months, is under treatment at the Alfred Hospital for serious injuries received in the accident. . .
The Argus
Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 28 April 1908, p.6
SKOGLUND. – On the 27th April, at the Alfred Hospital, Oscar, the beloved husband of Jennie Skoglund, and son of Christine and the late Oscar Skoglund, of Ballarat, aged 37 years. (Result of injury received in recent railway accident.)
SKOGLUND. — The Friends of the late Mr. OSCAR SKOGLUND are informed that his remains will be interred in the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew. The funeral will leave the Alfred Hospital THIS DAY (Tuesday, 28th), April, at 3 o'clock p.m. A. W. PADBURY, Undertaker.
The Argus
Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 28 April 1908, p.6
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Other Deaths:
ACREMAN, Rose Beatrice, Footscray General Cemetery
ATKINSON, Thomas John, Williamstown Cemetery
BLIGHT, John Algernon, Ballarat Old Cemetery
BROWN, John, Ballarat New Cemetery
BUNYARD, Stuart Ormonde, Oakleigh Cemetery
CLARK, Archer, Fawkner Memorial Park
CLARK, Mary Alicia, Fawkner Memorial Park
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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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.
Son of Oscar Skoglund and Aurora Caroline Christine (Sellgren) Skoglund.
Married Jennie Grace, who was also injured in the collision, on Jan. 8, 1908 in Ballarat, Victoria.
His left arm was fractured; gangrene set in one leg, which was amputated two days after the accident. Died at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.
THE RAILWAY DISASTER
ANOTHER DEATH
POSPONED ENGINE TESTS.
TO BE MADE TO-DAY.
. . . The number of victims of the collision was increased to 44 yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Oscar Skoglund succumbed in the Alfred Hospital to the injuries which he received on that fateful journey. Notwithstanding the critical nature of his case from the outset, hopes were entertained last week that Mr. Skoglund would be pulled through. The circumstances are particularly sad, as the wife of the deceased, a bride of but a few months, is under treatment at the Alfred Hospital for serious injuries received in the accident. . .
The Argus
Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 28 April 1908, p.6
SKOGLUND. – On the 27th April, at the Alfred Hospital, Oscar, the beloved husband of Jennie Skoglund, and son of Christine and the late Oscar Skoglund, of Ballarat, aged 37 years. (Result of injury received in recent railway accident.)
SKOGLUND. — The Friends of the late Mr. OSCAR SKOGLUND are informed that his remains will be interred in the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew. The funeral will leave the Alfred Hospital THIS DAY (Tuesday, 28th), April, at 3 o'clock p.m. A. W. PADBURY, Undertaker.
The Argus
Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 28 April 1908, p.6
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Other Deaths:
ACREMAN, Rose Beatrice, Footscray General Cemetery
ATKINSON, Thomas John, Williamstown Cemetery
BLIGHT, John Algernon, Ballarat Old Cemetery
BROWN, John, Ballarat New Cemetery
BUNYARD, Stuart Ormonde, Oakleigh Cemetery
CLARK, Archer, Fawkner Memorial Park
CLARK, Mary Alicia, Fawkner Memorial Park
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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LAST VICTIM OF 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.
Son of Oscar Skoglund and Aurora Caroline Christine (Sellgren) Skoglund.
Married Jennie Grace, who was also injured in the collision, on Jan. 8, 1908 in Ballarat, Victoria.
His left arm was fractured; gangrene set in one leg, which was amputated two days after the accident. Died at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.
THE RAILWAY DISASTER
ANOTHER DEATH
POSPONED ENGINE TESTS.
TO BE MADE TO-DAY.
. . . The number of victims of the collision was increased to 44 yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Oscar Skoglund succumbed in the Alfred Hospital to the injuries which he received on that fateful journey. Notwithstanding the critical nature of his case from the outset, hopes were entertained last week that Mr. Skoglund would be pulled through. The circumstances are particularly sad, as the wife of the deceased, a bride of but a few months, is under treatment at the Alfred Hospital for serious injuries received in the accident. . .
The Argus
Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 28 April 1908, p.6
SKOGLUND. – On the 27th April, at the Alfred Hospital, Oscar, the beloved husband of Jennie Skoglund, and son of Christine and the late Oscar Skoglund, of Ballarat, aged 37 years. (Result of injury received in recent railway accident.)
SKOGLUND. — The Friends of the late Mr. OSCAR SKOGLUND are informed that his remains will be interred in the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew. The funeral will leave the Alfred Hospital THIS DAY (Tuesday, 28th), April, at 3 o'clock p.m. A. W. PADBURY, Undertaker.
The Argus
Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 28 April 1908, p.6
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Other Deaths:
ACREMAN, Rose Beatrice, Footscray General Cemetery
ATKINSON, Thomas John, Williamstown Cemetery
BLIGHT, John Algernon, Ballarat Old Cemetery
BROWN, John, Ballarat New Cemetery
BUNYARD, Stuart Ormonde, Oakleigh Cemetery
CLARK, Archer, Fawkner Memorial Park
CLARK, Mary Alicia, Fawkner Memorial Park
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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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.
Son of Oscar Skoglund and Aurora Caroline Christine (Sellgren) Skoglund.
Married Jennie Grace, who was also injured in the collision, on Jan. 8, 1908 in Ballarat, Victoria.
His left arm was fractured; gangrene set in one leg, which was amputated two days after the accident. Died at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.
THE RAILWAY DISASTER
ANOTHER DEATH
POSPONED ENGINE TESTS.
TO BE MADE TO-DAY.
. . . The number of victims of the collision was increased to 44 yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Oscar Skoglund succumbed in the Alfred Hospital to the injuries which he received on that fateful journey. Notwithstanding the critical nature of his case from the outset, hopes were entertained last week that Mr. Skoglund would be pulled through. The circumstances are particularly sad, as the wife of the deceased, a bride of but a few months, is under treatment at the Alfred Hospital for serious injuries received in the accident. . .
The Argus
Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 28 April 1908, p.6
SKOGLUND. – On the 27th April, at the Alfred Hospital, Oscar, the beloved husband of Jennie Skoglund, and son of Christine and the late Oscar Skoglund, of Ballarat, aged 37 years. (Result of injury received in recent railway accident.)
SKOGLUND. — The Friends of the late Mr. OSCAR SKOGLUND are informed that his remains will be interred in the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew. The funeral will leave the Alfred Hospital THIS DAY (Tuesday, 28th), April, at 3 o'clock p.m. A. W. PADBURY, Undertaker.
The Argus
Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 28 April 1908, p.6
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Other Deaths:
ACREMAN, Rose Beatrice, Footscray General Cemetery
ATKINSON, Thomas John, Williamstown Cemetery
BLIGHT, John Algernon, Ballarat Old Cemetery
BROWN, John, Ballarat New Cemetery
BUNYARD, Stuart Ormonde, Oakleigh Cemetery
CLARK, Archer, Fawkner Memorial Park
CLARK, Mary Alicia, Fawkner Memorial Park
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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