Fatality on the Railway
A gatekeeper named Jno Coffey was killed on the North Melbourne railway on Saturday night. His body was terribly mutilated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents
Accidents, 1891
299 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 15
Terrible Accident
Two lads named Thomas Huckstipp and James Easy were, yesterday, engaged hoisting some cases at a store in Hamilton-street when the load fell, crushing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Later. Railway Collision
A collision took place at Culcairn this morning between the paper train and a goods. Five trucks were derailed and three were totally smashed; but there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strange Accident in Sydney. Six Men Injured. Four Horses Killed. Sydney, Thursday night
A disastrous explosion occurred shortly after 11 this morning at the Fresh Food and Ice Company's works, Darling Harbor, by which six men were injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. Express and Goods Trains Collide. No One Injured. Sydney, Friday night
A collision occurred this morning [?]tween the up express and the goods [?] known ns the paper train. It appears the paper train, which was over two [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Actor Injured. Sydney, Thursday night
Last night an accident of a serious nature occurred at the Theatre Royal to Mr. Alfred Norman, who was playing "Silkstone," the villain; in "The Bells…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Fatality
A young woman, unknown, aged about 25 years, was found on the railway line at Newtown, last-night. Both legs were almost severed from the trunk. The body…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Drowned
An elderly-woman named Mary Grenwell has been found drowned in an underground tank at Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Collision at Sea. London, May 14
A collision is reported between the Italians steamer Shura, with 800 emigrants aboard, and the steamer Buccaneer. The accident occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casualties. Accident to Master R. FINCH
ON Monday Mr. W. Finch's eldest son had a narrow escape. While loading a rifle be foolishly put the muzzle on the toe of his boot and by some means or other the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to a Fettler
ANOTHER accident that has come under notice hapyened on Wednesday. A man named Nolan was engaged loading sleepers on a truck with "chairs" attached, and while so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Culcairn Accident
The Railway Department has concluded the enquiry into the, recent accident at Culcairn. The drivers of the two express engines, have been reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Accident in New York
A quantity of dynamite exploded in a waggon at the railway works Tarrytown, New York. Thirty Italian natives were blown to fragments, and twenty-five others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision!
A, terrible collision occurred in the tunnel at Eveleigh last night between a goods train and a single engine. Driver Bertram was killed instantly, his body…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned. Sydney, Thursday night
Last evening a fatal accident occurred near Toronto, Lake Macquarie. Mr. Frederick Brunker, son of the Minister for Lands, his child (two years), Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fatal Collision on the Railway. an Engine Driver Killed. a Serious Blunder
Yesterday's Telegraph contains the following account of the railway collision which occurred near the Eveleigh tunnel, on Thursday night:â About a quarter to six o'clock, a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Collision. Inquest on Bertram
The Sydney Coroner yesterday resumed the inquest on the body of Robert Bertram, who, on the afternoon of May 21, was killed on his engine owing to a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Collision. Inquest on Bertram. Sensational Evidence
The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Robert Bertram, an engine-driver in the employ of the Railway Department, who was killed in the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Collision. Inquest on Bertram
The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Robert Bertram, an engine-driver in the employ of the Railway Department, who was killed in the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Railway Fatality
A railway employee, named Sinclair, was cut to pieces at Adamstown, on Sun-day night, by the northern train. His limps were picked up in various places,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →