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36 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 2
ON Christmas night, at about half-past 11 o'clock a party of four, consisting of Mr. J. Costin, Cobe[?]sconist of this town : Mr. E. Barlow of Goulburn, on a visit to his brother-in-law. Mr. Fulton ;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MIRACULOUS escape from drowning has occurred to Captain Jamieson, of the cutter Lucy. of [?] register, trailing between Port Adelaide and Clinton. The Lucy left Clinton an Saturday week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TERRIBLE tramway accident happened on 5th instant, shortly before half past 6 o'clock p.m., when James Ross Log[?] a well-known and luchly-respected [?]driver, was killed almost instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is taken from the Bathurst Free Press :- Mr. Jeffrey, manager A. J. S. Bank at Oberon, in company with Rev. Father Walsh and Mr. Thomas Luxton, were driving from Locksley to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITHGOW, Friday.--The inquest on the body of the unfortunate man William Corner Shaw, who was killed at the O[?]key Park Colliery on Tuesday, was resumed yesterday morning at the Courthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stoker Heathcote Seriously Broken-up. THE residents of the Blue Mountains heard on Tuesday morning with a shock of the fatal accident that happened at Bell, between Mount Victoria and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN inquest was held at the Royal Hotel. Mount Victoria, on Thursday, 13th instant on the body of Driver David Heron, who lost his life in the Bell railway accident, before Mr. Th[?]a Henry Neale,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The rider which the jury attached to their verdict at the inquest on the body of the driver of the train which met with the accident on the Blue Mountains referred to the excessive length allotted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regret widespread is felt over the death of Mr. Carroll Daly, brother of the genial host of Ivanhoe Hotel. In the company of two men named Spicer and Thompson, of Goulburn, Carroll Daly went out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE bodies of the late Carrol Daly and Thompson were recovered from Lake Bathurst on the 11th instant. They were drowned on the Sunday previous in Lake Bathurst. Daly's body was found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James Taylor, an acting ganger, was working on an engine at the K[?]sone Company's on the 8th instant, and as a large [?] of [?] was detached firms a cutting in the bank the train passed through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ONE of the turn belonging to Ro[?]'s camp of navvies working at the Wentworth Palls side of the Katoomba permanent way, shortening the curves on the railway [?] received severe injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday morning, just after midnight, the through mail train to Brisbane ran into the train which was on its way from the capital of the northern colony to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN accident which resulted in the death of two young men occurred on Monday afternoon in Bent-street, Sydney. A box containing about two tons of sa[?]d was being hoisted to the top of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE past week has been more remarkable for accidents than anything of much public interest. Mr. Wilkins, who had been to Lithgow to get the brewer's license transferred from Mr. Daly, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR HENRY PARKES met with a severe a accident on Sunday, which will prevent his appearance in Parliament for some time to come. While in a cab with his wife the horse boltol, ran the vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN accident happened on Wednesday afternoon on the Western line, 4[?]1[?] miles from Sydney, between Coolabar and Glenoriff. The 8 o'clock mail train leaving Sydney on Tuesday night arrived at Nyugan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I am sorry to say an accident occurred to Mr. Fred Newsom the genial host of Surrey House, on Tuesday last. It appears he rode to Kanimbla Valley via the Coal Mine road,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Sunday morning a man named Andrew Shepherd was drowned whilst crossing Cox's River, on the road between Bowenfels and Lowther. In the company of Mr. T. Sutton, of Lithgow, Shepherd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PENRITH, Tuesday.--Two accidents have occurred at the railway here during the last two days. Yesterday a young man named Gibson, a guard, whilst shunting a carriage truck into the dock used…
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