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Russian came along the platform and fired at the door. One shot nearly hit Mr Brookfield. I suggested that our only chance was to wait until he had emptied his revolver, and then rush him. Mr Brookfield said to me 'Give me your revolver, and let me have a go at him.' I told him it was no good, as the two cartridges in it would not go off.
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Tomayeff did not stop firing, and I then went to the compartment in which I was travelling for my revolver. It was loaded in five chambers. Someone said, 'Let him have it', and I fired but only three of the cartridges went off and they took no effect. The man kept firing at me, and I went to the other side of the train with a view of coming up behind him.
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on the outside, thinking to come up at the side of him. We struggled for some time, and the
Russian freed himself. I succeeded in felling the Russian to the ground, however, and then I punched him on the face. When he was overpowered some civilians came to my assistance, and somebody with a rifle arrived and hit the Russian with the butt of it.
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Someone shut the door, but it was opened again, and I walked out onto the platform. Tomayeff was then in a paddock at the north end of the station and he went to a bag which he had with him and evidently recharged his revolver. I could see that discretion was required to deal with such a situation.
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The train was then pulled out of the station, and I got behind some bushes. Tomayeff again fired at me, and I ran towards the platform and ducked. I got back to the refreshment room and asked for some revolver bullets, but could not get any more. The late Mr
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On the same train that had stopped at
Riverton S.A. was Constable Edmund A. Kinsela of the New South Wales Police Force. The Constable was transferring from Broken Hill to Culcairn in the Wagga Wagga District. Constable Kinsela effected the arrest of Koorman Tomayoff after an extended physical
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Constable E.A. Kinsela's story is perhaps the most complete record of a shooting occurrence at
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I have to thank poor Mr Brookfield for my life. We both went out with our lives in our hands, but the Russian evidently concentrated on Mr Brookfield because he had the revolver. Nobody is more sorry at Mr Brookfield's fate than I
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looked at my automatic pistol and found that a cartridge had jammed in it. There were then five empty shells in my revolver, so that Mr Brookfield must have managed to fire two of the cartridges which previously would not go off.
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Constable Kinsela said: I was having breakfast in the Riverton refreshment room when I heard two reports. A women rushed in and said that a man was firing a revolver and had shot a man and a woman.
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