Collision in Sydney Harbour
SYDNEY, MONDAY.—A collision occurred in the harbour on Saturday afternoon, between the s.s. Adelaide and schooner Colonist (from Kiama, with blue metal). The steamer (outward bound) struck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents
Accidents, 1890
13 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Death by Drowning
ON Friday afternoon a melancholy affair occurred at Alumny Creek, by which two old residents of Grafton, named Louis Klaus and George Stelzer, lost their lives. The accident was not witnessed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Various Accidents
OUR Lawrance correspondent writes:—On Wednesday night, while several teamsters were camped some twelve miles from Lawrence, where they were due the following day to load with Fairfield and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrow Escape from Drowning
ON Saturday, while Mrs. and Miss Finlay and a child were being conveyed in a cab from the Junction towards Grafton—the water extending across the road from the hill to beyond the Deep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident at Bathurst
SYDNEY, MONDAY.—A terrible railway accident occurred near Bathurst on Friday evening, resulting in the death of three persons. The 5.40 mixed train passed Kelso, and was proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident at Maitland. Two Trains in Collision
A SERIOUS railway accident happened at Farley, two miles from West Maitland, at about 12 o'clock on Monday night. The night was dark, and a very dense fog prevailed but it is not clear whether the fog was sufficient to prevent the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Premier's Accident
THE serious accident which has befallen Sir HENRY PARKES will awaken a wide-felt sympathy for the aged and able statesman. It will be found not only amongst his immediate friends and followers, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accidents
ANOTHER fatal accident is added to the long list of those occasioned by that time-honored nuisance, the Sydney tram. On Saturday last, a domestic servant, in endeavouring to alight from a tram whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Rough Passage. A Seaman Drowned
THE schooner Venur, that arrived on Tuesday last from Newcastle with coal, 4[?] had a rather rough passage. Captain Phillipson reports that the schooner left Newcastle on Saturday, and at midnight on that day, when 10 miles cast of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death by Drowning
A MAGISTERIAL ENQUIRY was held at the Courthouse yesterday morning, before Mr. W. Clarke, J.P., touching the death of Charles Kippin, the fore-cabin steward of the s.s. City of Grafton,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Lady and Daughter Drowned
A VERY, sad har bour casuality occurred in Rise Bay, Sydney, last week, through the accidental capsizing of a dingey, whereby Mrs. Ernest Fleming, aged 28 years, and her daughtor. Olga, aged 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death by Drowning. The Fate of an Old and Respected Resident
THE worst fears as to the fate of Mr. T. Wilkinson have been verified, by the finding of his body on Sunday last in the South River, just below Jackadgery crossing, which deceased would have to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reminiscences of Bush Life a Chapter of Accidents in the Early Days of Settlement on the Clarence
As the century has now entered upon its last decade, it may not be uninteresting to those associated with the progress of the Clarence district to have placed before them…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →