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19 stories in Blue Mountains's papers
A THRILL of horror ran through the quiet little village of Huntley (N.Z.) a few week ago, when it was known that a serious accident had happened in the coal mine. For a moment all was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SOMEWHAT serious accident happened to a fireman named William Hendren, on the No. 6 up goods train, at Katoomba railway station yesterday morning. It appears that he was in the act of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A COUPLE of accidents occurred this week on the railway works where the rails are being relaid which might have proved very serious. In one case a man named Mackay received an accidental…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A VERY painful accident happened to Mr. F. Delaney, jun of this township last week. It appears the unfortunate young fellow was engaged in skinning a sheep, when the knife he was using by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A young fellow named Hamby, employed in the Permanent Way Department, met with a painful accident at Mount Victoria on Wednesday while assisting to load some sleepers, one of which fell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A little boy named Rowland Coulcher. aged 12, the son of Mr. G. Coulcher, of Lithgow was killed near Coocrwall Academy, about two miles from town, on Wednesday evening. The lad was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The conclusion of the W.A.T.C. meeting at Caulfield on Saturday was signalised by a terrible accident in which Mr. W. A. Moore, district traffic superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN calling attention to fires and pointing out some of the causes of these accidents, for most of them are accidental, one cannot help wandering at the carelessness exhibited in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LAST Saturday a young man named John Bartlet met with a serious accident while handling an old revolver. The revolver originally belonged to the "thousandaire" who lately left Katoomba and it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A BUGGY, occupied by several ladies from Wentworth Falls capsized over an embankment. Every one was uninjured beyond a little sinking and very little damage was done to the vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MAN, named Laurence Frost, in the employ of Messrs. Proudfout and Co., railway contractors working at the quarries between Locksley and Tarana met with a serious accident on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALBURY, Sunday.-- There are atrong reasons for believing that another drowning fatality has occurred in the Murray, the supposed victim being James Hout[?] a small grazier…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LAST Thursday a man named Furlong employed on the deviation at Wentworth Falls met with a serious accident. After drilling a hole he cleared it out with a little powder, immediately after he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Collision a[?]rred on Friday about 1 a.m. in Hohson's Bay, Melbourne, between the steamers Gamber and Eashy The Gamber was suak in seven minutes Twenty one lives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A BATHER serious accident happened to Mr. John Wilson, sou of Mr. Jeremish Wilson, keeper of the Jenolan Caves last Monday evening, He started from Whiteford's store and shortly afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TERRIBLE accident took place at 9.15 p.m. on the Vincennes railway close to Paris. The train, made up of 23 carriages, most of which were as it is usually the case on Sundays, filled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE court of Marine Inquiry sat again Wednesday investigating the circumstance of the Gambler-Easby collision. Mr. J. C. Stewart addressed the court on behalf of Captain Prideaux, master of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Monday. --The seamanship of Captain Prideaux, of the steamer Easby, was sharply criticised to-day by Mr. Croker, in the course of the inquiry into the collision between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Saturday morning a rumor reached Katoomba that a down goods train, timed to arrive at Bathurst about 2.30 a.m., had broken away at the Zig-zag and became a total wreck. Knowing bow extremely…
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