Cargo. Two Fatal Accidents
Christmas of 1897 has, like its predecessors, come and gone. The common expression on many lips is that it has been a very quiet one, but to two homes, at least it has been a…
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Accidents, 1898
391 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 20
Collision in Newcastle Harbor. NEWCASTLE
The ferry steamer Adeline collided with a lighter while creasing the harbor from Stockton this afternoon. The steamer's stern was broken and her planking started. The…
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A youth named Jas. Flynn, employed by a drover, travelling sheep from Wambiana to Orange, met his death by drowning on Saturday evening, in the Macquarie, a short…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cammeray-Princess Collision. SYDNEY
The collision between the harbor ferry steamers Cammeray and Princess formed the subject of an inquiry by the Murine Board this afternoon. John Richard Walters,…
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A little lad named Harry Matthews, aged 12, was conveyed from Wattle Flat and admitted to the local hospital late on Sunday suffering from a fractured arm and severe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident at Meadow Flat. Meadow Flat
Mr. Geo. Sheppeard, son of Mr. E. Sheppeard, of Meadow Flat, met with a very serious accident here yesterday (Sunday). The young man was engaged unfastening a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident in New Zealand. Caused by Intense Heat. Auckland
An engine on the Helensville railway train was derailed 40 miles from Auckland yesterday. The accident is attributed to the intense heat causing the rail to buckle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An English Railway Accident. One Fatality. London, Tuesday night
The East Coast Scotch Express was derailed last night after a collision with a coal-waggon, at Dunbar. There was a terrible smash. Three carriages were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2nd[?] Edition The World [REUTER's MESSAGE.] Great Disaster at Ontario. a Hall Floor Collapses. 33 Persons Killed. 100 Other Injured. London, Tuesday night
At a municipal election meeting, attended by 2000 persons, in the City Hall, Outario (Canada), part of the floor of the hall suddenly collapsed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident at Sunny Corner
Mr. George Sheppeard--well known all about here and in Lithgow--sustained severe concussion of the brain through falling from the limb of a tree to the ground--25 feet--on Sunday. He was taking off a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Ocean Collision. LONDON, Friday night
A collision occurred yesterday off the Isle of Wight between the Atlantic liner Lepanto and the Steamer Knight St. George. The Lepanto sank shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cammeray-Princess Collision. SYDNEY
The verdict in tho C[?]mmeray-Princess inquiry was delivered to-day, and was to the effect that taking all the circumstances of the collision into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident Whilst Birds Nesting. Peak Hill
It was reported at Peak Hill yesterday that Ernest Holly, aged 9 years, whilst birds nesting fell from a tree a distance of 40 feet, and shattered both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Lady Drowned at Wagga. WAGGA
A sad drowning accident occurred at Gumly last evening. Rebecca Irving, aged 20 years, came to Wagga and drove to Gumly, about three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Here & There A New Orchard Pest. Accident
Mr. Lyne, M.P., writes to the Sydney papers:—"When in Tasmania a few days ago I noticed whole orchards of fruit trees being devastated by the leaf-eating As Mr, Jacob Barnes, of Rockley, was riding into town yesterday, his horse fell and threw the rider heavily to the ground. In rising again, the animal plunged fiercely,…
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A little child, 8 years old, was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering from painful injuries, received through having its hand caught in some machinery at Kelso. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Hon. Sydney Smith
The Hon. Sydney Smith (Minister for Mines), accompanied by his daughter, whilst driving near Mount Tamar on Tuesday, met with a slight accident, owing to the horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Queer Fatality. NEWCASTLE
A lad named Broadway of Broad-meadow, was drowned while swimming in a waterhole at Charlestown yesterday afternoon. Assistance was procured and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Unpleasant Experience. Narrow Escape From Drowning
A party of pleasure-seekers (comprising the Misses Hunt (2), Maudson, and Paul and Messrs. C. Hunt, W. and G. Paul), had an alarming misadventure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a Japanese Vessel. 85 Persons Drowned. London
The Japanese transport, Vala, has been wrecked on an island of Picadores Group ; 85 persons wore drowned and only five saved…
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