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35 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 2
THE Newcastle Evening Call of 30th May reports:-- An accident of a somewhat sensational nature last week befel the coach which carries the mails and passengers between the Half-way House on Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A very painful accident happened to Mr. Wescott, the electrican who was directing operations at the installation of electric light at the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, last night Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident of a rather serious natured occurred at the Penrith Railway Station on Wednesday morning last. It appears that a goods train from Sydney was standing or shunting on the main line and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident of a rather serious nature happened on Friday afternoon, 31st ultimo to James Goldthorpe, grand of the up passenger train. We are informed that while shunting at Penrith he jumped on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FATAL railway accident happened at Bathurst early yesterday morning, resulting in the death of Mr John Surton (or Lurton), locomotive inspector. No definite particulars are to hand in Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Thursday evening last week the public were horror-stricken at the report which was circulated through the town to the effect that Mr. Joseph Turton, Loco-Inspector, had been killed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT Dubbo a serious accident occurred late on Thursday night to a man named Jas. Keppie, an assistant shunter at the railway station, whilst he was engaged shunting some trucks with the head…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Saturday evening Mrs. Mabel Meredith, widow, residing in Hawthorne, was crossing the railway line midway between the Auburn and Glenferrie stations, when the up train from Box Hill knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MOST lamentable railway accident occurred be-curred between Wingello and Gable's Siding on the Southern Railroad, on Sunday morning. Upon the arrival of the regular express train at Pi[?]tou from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TERRIBLE accident, by which a railway employee named William Bannerman lost his life, occurred under the George -street railway bridge at half -past 10 o'clock on Tuesday night. A few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHEN riding home with a companion from Katoomba on Wednesday afternoon, after posting to Lithgow the registry of the birth of his daughter, William Lynch, of Nellie's Glen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TERRIBLE accident occurred to a labour named Patrick Morrissey a resident of [?] avenue, Pine Estate, Newtown, near the Redfern Railway station, on Tuesday. The unfortunate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A terrible accident happened this morning at the Palace Hotel, resulting in the death of two men. It is surmised that they Climbed over the gate which guards the lift in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITHGOW, Monday.-- Patrick Finn, District Court bailiff and unlicensed surveyor, left his home near Brown's Gap on Tuesday afternoon for Lithgow. He was seen up to 10 o'clock on Tuesday night in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. SMITH, manager for Mr. Shultz at the shale mine in South Katoomba, experienced on last Saturday a narrow escape from serious injury on the aerial tram that runs from the mouth of the pit to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FATAL. accident occurred shortly before noon on 9th instant to W. Purser, gatekeeper at Bowenfels railway station. The deceased, whilst opening the gates, was knocked down by a passenger train, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GREAT alarm was crested at Manchester by the sight of Professor Higgins, the parachutist, attached to a balloon, soaring over the city at a great height. Hugging had been announced to ascend and descend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 10 o'clock on Tuesday night there was a narrow escape from another tramway fatality at the Redfern Railway Station. As a train was being shunted into the station someone raised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of the man Edward Sargent, who was drowned on August 23 through a collision between the steamers Centennial and Kanahooka, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the coroner's Court on Tuesday morning the Sydney Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore. J. P., conclude, Mr. J. P. Concluded the inquest of the little Ellen Alice May Pannell, who was burned to death in the…
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