The Baldwin Inquiry. Tarana Accident to be Dealt With. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The sittings of the commission appointed to aquire into the charges against the Railway Commissioners in reference to the defective Baldwin…
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Accidents, 1892
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Fearful Railway Disaster. In America. Seven Killed and Fifteen Injured. [By Cable.] London
A cablegram from New York states that a terrible railway accident hashappened to the California express. Through some unexplained cause the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Raft Fatality. LONDON
A drowning fatality, involving the loss of sixty lives, is reported in Galicia, a province of Austria. A timber raft was being floated down the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dray Accident
A YOUNG man named Charles Harman, son of Mr. Harman, of Argent-street, met with a serious accident yesterday whilst driving a cart containing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Baldwin Engines. The Official Test. Another Blue Mountain Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The test arranged by the commission of inquiry into the alleged defects of the Baldwin engines came off between Picton and Hilltop yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hurracane in Mauritius. Nine Hundred Killed. A Thousand Injured. [By Cable.] London
Baron de Worms. Under Secretary for the Colonies, speaking in the Commons, has announced that by the hurricane in Mauritius, already reported, 24 churches,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hurracane in Mauritius. Nine Hundred Killed. A Thousand Injured. [By Cable.] London
Baron de Worms. Under Secretary for the Colonies, speaking in the Commons, has announced that by the hurricane in Mauritius, already reported, 24 churches,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. a Bolt of Trucks and a Smash-up. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
An accident occurred yesterday on the deviation in the Western line between Penrish and Gembrook, where a tunnel is being constructed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mauritius Catastrophe 1500 Killed: Thousands Injured. [By Cable.] London
The latest reports of the devastation wrought by the terrific hurricane which swept the island of Mauritius on Tuesday, show that 1500 were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Boating Disaster. Fifteen Men Drowned. A Football Team the Victims. Off Mornington, Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A fearful boating calamity happened on Saturday night, more disastrous than any that has happened on the Victorian coast for a long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall of a Derrick. Terrible Accident to a Lady. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A serious accident happened to a passenger by the Rodondo on Saturday. On reaching the wharf at Darling Harbor from Brisbane, the derrick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Tram Collision. Five People Injured. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Though after the first inauguration of the cable tramways there were numerous accidents, chiefly due to the people being unaccustomed to trams…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone and Fire. a Kansas City Swept. 500 Killed and Injured. [By Cable.] London
A terrific cyclone has swept over a portion of the State of Kansas, America, doing much damage. A large portion of the city of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Electric Current. Horrible Accident in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A horrible and somewhat extraordinary accident happened at the corner of Russell and Lonsdale streets, at the east-end of the city, during a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Footballers' Accident. Several Men Badly Hurt. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Following closely upon the disaster which befell the Mornington footballers a week ago, another alarming accident occurred yesterday to a better known…
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THE rush of vehicles to Stephens Creek yesterday was attended by a couple of accidents; but, fortunately, no injury to anyone resulted. Messrs…
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A MAN named Scavlou fell over the slag dump at the Proprietary mine at an early hour this morning and sustained considerable injury from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in the River. [By Telegraph.] "Wilcannia
The body of a man named George Benham, a very old river settler, otherwise known as "George the Fisherman," which has been missing since, the 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. The Adelaide Express in Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A serious accident occurred near Mount Doran, between Melbourne and Ballarat, on Saturday night. The Adelaide express swept round a curve,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Theatre Burned Down. Several Killed; over 100 Injured
ON April 27 an appalling fire took place at[?]de Grand Central Theatre at Philadelphia, and resulted in the loss of six lives, severe injury to over 50 persons,…
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