Fatal Colliery Accident
AN accident happened at the A. A. Co.'s No. 2 Colliery, by which a miner named Joseph Hill lost his life. The unfortunate man was at his usual employment as a miner, when the roof…
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Accidents, 1875
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Singular Railway Accident
A TERRIFIC hurricane raged at Toowoomba, Queensland, on Tuesday night, and did immense damage. A train from that town to Warwick,…
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MRS. ALICE HOLMES, a resident of the Yass district, was drowned in a dray track. The particulars of the case were given at the inquest, held on Sunday afternoon, from…
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The ' Western Times' reports the death by drowning at Exmouth on Sunday evening of a young man named Pine, within 30 yards of the shore, and almost at the…
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A TERRIBLE accident happened on the 5th instant, at Lyttelton, New Zenland. Mr. M'Intosh, manager of Dr. Fisher's station, M'Kenzie country, tried to cross the Rangi[?]atn River with his wife and daughter in a…
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IT is our painful duty to chronicle one of the most terrible railway disasters which has ever happened in the country. On December 24th, at,11.40, an express train bound for…
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IT is our painful duty to record the death by drowning of Mr W. M. Arnold, Speaker of the House of Assembly, and a resident of the Paterson. Although the particulars that have…
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THE NEWCASTLE PILOT gives the following particulars of the drowning of the Hon. W. M. Arnold:—Mr. Arnold was drowned on Monday night, and on Tuesday morning Mr…
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AN inquest was held at the Naval Brigade Hotel, Newcastle, before Mr. F. J. Shaw, J.P., the District Coroner, respecting the death of James Tracey. William Wallace deposed: Iam an engine-driver on…
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ON Tuesday evening, January 23rd, the 735 up passenger train from Luton came into collision with a coal train near Wheat-hamstead station. The line consists of only…
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As Mr John Lamb was driving his horse and buggy along College-street, about 1 o'clock on Monday, a van came into collision with his vehicle. The pin which fastened the…
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THE ' Mudgee Times' states that on Saturday, the 6th instant an accident occured at Rylstone, about thirty-five miles distant. It appears that David, aged about fifteen years,s…
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AN accident of a rather alarming nature, by which several persons were injured, occurred an Sunday afternoon. April 4th, at Bondi. One of the Waverley and Woollahra…
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ANOTHER painful accident has happened on the Great Northern line, at Newcastle, by which William Sadler, guard of a coal train, had a portion of his left leg crushed off. It appears a…
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ON Monday last, a terrible accident, which resulted fatally, occurred to Mr Samuel Davis, Dubbo. Mr Davis had a large waggon in Mr Boland's yard, and, as the smallness of the…
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THE City Coroner held an inquest at his office, Hyde Park, Sydney, concerning the death of John Alexander Macfarlane, aged 22 years, an accountant at the Sydney Mint, and son of the…
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MUCH surprise was created in Albury (says the Border Post) yesterday morning, when tidings reached of the accidental drowning of Mr John Day, an old and respected colonist,…
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A FEW days ago we were briefly apprised by telegram, of the death by drowning, of the first and second officers of the ship Truro, at Brisbane. The following are the particulars:—Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dreadful and Fatal Accident to the Rev. James Pillars
ON Saturday afternoon Sydney was startled by a report that the Rev, Jumes Pillars, Unitarian minister, of this city, had fallen off the rocks at South Head, and was killed…
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A melancholy boat accident has occurred at Dover, involving the loss of five lives. On June 15 two young ladies, Miss Coveny and Miss Slaney, employed by Messrs Graves and…
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