Drowned in a Waterhole. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) NEWCASTLE
Thomas Norman, aged four, has been drowned in a waterhole near his parents, residence, Catherine Hill Bay, near Newcastle…
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Accidents, 1890
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Railway Collision. Seven Persons Killed. [By Cable.] London
By a collision on the Wabash railway, in the State of Missouri, U.S., 7 men and 15 racehourses have been killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Mining Accident. A Charge Explodes. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Corespondent.) SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon
A fearful accident is reported in the Major's Creek mine, Braidwood. A miner named Ellis finished charging a hole when the candle touched the fuse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farley Railway Accident. Trial of Enginedriver and Fireman. SYDNEY
At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, the trial was commenced of driver Larnham and fireman Buchanan, charged with manslaughter in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farley Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, Saturday Afternoon
It is understood that the driver and fireman who were acquitted on the charge of causing the Farley railway collision will be permitted to continue in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Accidents. Two More Victims. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY
Two fatal tram accidents occurred on Saturday. Elizabeth Howe either jumped or fell from the railway tram at the intersection of George and Devonshire streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision. A Train Smashes up a Cart. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) WAGGA
A Chinese gardener named John Lucy, while driving a cart, was crossing the railway line, and the gates being closed, could not get out. The train dashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Sailors. One Found Drowned. Body Shockingly Mutilated. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) PERTH, Tuesday Afternoon
Two seamen were recently found to be missing from the schooner Meta, at Albany, and a search party was sent out. After several days, the body of one of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE
John Reid, fellmonger, was found drowned in the Yarra yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked on an Oyster Bank. One Man Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent) Maryborough (Q)
Two young men named Benton and Dale were out in a boat in Sandy Strait when the boat struck on an oyster bankand filled. They swam ashore and started to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Mining Accident. Man Killed by a Fall or Timber [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE
A miner named Joseph Knight was killed yesterday in the New Red-Whiteand-Blue mine, Sandhurst. A quantity of timber gave way and crushed him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mining Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY
A miner named Ramsay was killed in the Bulli pit, Clifton, yesterday by a fall of stone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frightful Railway Accident. [By Telegraph] (From Our Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE, Saturday Afternoon
Mrs. Prosse, of Branxholme, fell off a train between Candole and Hamilton. She remained near the line 13 hours with a dislocated shoulder, fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SILVERTON, Saturday Morning
News was brought into Silverton last evening that the midday train was derailed at Umberumberka. Rumor says that the points were entrusted to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Fireman Fatally Injured. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent). AUCKLAND
A passenger and cattle train collided between Dunedin and Invercargill. The engine of the latter capsized. The fireman is believed to be fatally injured, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Football Fatality. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) BRISBANE
Several football accidents occurred on Saturday. A young man named Rutland, who was playing with the Toowong team, was kicked in the head and rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain at Tamworth. The Town Flooded. A Man Drowned. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent.) TAMWORTH, Monday Afternoon
Heavy rain commenced to fall on Saturday morning, and continued incessantly for 28 hours. The creeks became flooded, and the Peel River rose into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 5 p.m. Terrific Cyclone. Several Villages Wrecked. Numbers Seriously Injured. [By Cable.] London, Sunday (midnight)
A cablegram from New York states that a cyclone on a large scale has swept over the State of Illinois. The cyclone totally wrecked several villages…
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A RATHER painful accident befell an engine-driver named F. J. Roberts, employed at the Junction mine, about 8 o'clock last night. It appears he noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Serious Accident. A Miraculous Escape
SHORTLY after 8 o'clock this morning a well-known contractor named Joseph Twaite, with a party of men and a heavily-loaded dray, drawn by two horses,…
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