Accident to Goods Train
An accident occurred this morning to a goods train from Clyde to Darling Harbour. When this side of Burwood the train parted about the middle. Four loaded trucks were…
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Accidents, 1896
503 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 26
Sad Drowning Fatality
KEMPSEY, Thursday.—A drowning fatality occurred on Monday on the Upper Macleay. Mr. B. Supple and his son Gilbert, who are good swimmers, attempted to cross the river…
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AT an early hour this morning a goods train comprising between 35 and 40 trucks parted about the middle near Burwood from some cause not yet ascertained, with the result that four trucks were…
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THE 5.50 passenger train from Mount Victoria to Sydney was delayed two hours this morning near Linden owing to the engine becoming derailed. No damage was occasioned to the rolling stock and…
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A STRANGE accident occurred yesterday afternoon to Mr. W. Walker's creamy pony mare. The animal was tied to a hook on the post in front of Mr. Walker's shop in Auburn-street,…
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COONABARADRAN, Tuesday.— Yesterday the coroner held an inquest at Boogaldi on the body of William Robert Foran. Deceased left his house on Sunday evening to shoot some hawks which were…
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THIS morning Mr. Patrick Sparrow by some means inflicted a severe gash in his wrist severing one of the arteries. He went to the hospital, where the wound, which was bleed…
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YESTERDAY evening William Rawson, aged tweny-two, was reloading a gun at currawang when the charge exploded, severely injuring his right hand. Rawson was brought to the…
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ON Saturday afternoon Thomas Francis Ridge, about 10 years, and Charles William Ridge, close upon 8 years of age, brothers, residing with their parents at 107 Footer-street, were seen playing near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Gunning, Monday, 1.20 p.m. Fatality at Gunning
AN old man was found lying alongside the railway line at half-past 6 o'clock yesterday morning. From papers found his name is believed to be Joseph Hans. He was unconscious and badly bruised…
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A young fellow named Will Rawson met with an accident whilst out shooting at Currawang on Sunday. In attempting to withdraw a charge it went off and severely injured his hand. He was…
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An inquest was held in the Court-house on Monday, before Mr. N. T. Collins (coroner), touching the death of Joseph Hans. Isaac Davis deposed: I am a ganger employed…
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Perth, Saturday.—A fatal accident occurred yesterday at Spencer's Brook, on the eastern railway line. Au engine attached to trucks and carriages was engaged in shunting in the station yard, and the…
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A SENSATIONAL incident occurred at Bryant's Family Hotel, Auburn-street, between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning. A. one-legged man named John Akers was brought to the hotel about nine…
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The Sydney Coroner held an inquest at St. Vincent's Hospital on Tuesday concerning the death of George Clayton, which took place in the hospital on the previous day. The evidence showed that deceased…
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A shocking drowning fatality took place this afternoon at Casterton. A young girl, aged 11, the daughter of Alfred Gilp n, a labourer, won to bathe in the Glenelg River, and got out of 'her…
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MR. J. REEVE, a resident of Rookwood, on Thursday night at the Rookwood station was passing over the crossing in the wake of a goods train, when he was knocked down and instantly…
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Two girls named Olive Vera, aged 11, and Lyla Clarence, aged 8, daughters of Mr. Dwyer, at present at Coolgardie, were drowned in a crook near Bergan's mills, Granville, on Friday. The children, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Ferry Accident. the Pearl Sunk in Brisbane River. Over 40 People Drowned. Overwhelmed in the Flooded Stream
Brisbane, Thursday, -- A terrible accident, causing the loss of some 40 lives, occurred in the Brisbane River tins afternoon. The ferry steamer Pearl capsized (through colliding with the anchor…
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A sensational incident occurred at Bryant's Family Hotel Auburn -- street, between 1 and 2 o'clock on Thursday, A one-legged man named Joint Akers was brought to the hotel about nine…
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