Fatal Railway Accident. (From a Melbourne Argus correspondent.) Benalla, Monday evening, Dec. 27
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1876 · page 4
Dr. Nicholson, of Benalla, the district coroner, held an inquest at Longwood to-day, on the body of Thomas M'Gann, about 40 years of age, a line repairer in No. 18 gang between Seymour and Benalla,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Nell, the "California Diamond." (By Electric Telegraph to Argus) Ballarat
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1876 · page 8
Nell, the "California Diamond," nearly lost the sight of one of her eyes at the Academy of Music to-night, while performing in the play of "No Name." She was peeping behind a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident at the Mount Pleasant Tramway. (Illawarra Mercury, Jan. 11.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1876 · page 11
An accident of a very serious nature occurred on the Mount Pleasant Tramway on Friday last Mr. E[?]unds, of the Public School in this town, and Mr. Newman, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatal Accident at the Duke and Timor Mine. (By Electric Telegraph to Argus.) Maryborough, Friday, Jan. 14
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1876 · page 4
An accident occurred to-day at the Duke and Timor mine, Chinamen's-flat, by which two lives were lost. About 9 a.m. it was discovered that a portion of the crosscut where ground was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frigltfal Railway Accident at Parramatta. Two Men Killed. (By Electric telegraph to the Evening [?]
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1876 · page 6
At ten o'olook this morning our [?] correspondent forwarded us the following telegram:- "A frightful and fatal accident [?]rred this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Fatal Accident on the Railway. One Man Killed. (Echo of Thursday.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1876 · page 4
A brief telegram conveys intelligence of another fatal accident on the railway. It appears that the Bathurst Volunteers celebrated Anniversary Day by an excursion to Tarana, a station about twenty-five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Case of Drowning. (Hobart Town Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 11
A sad occurrence took place in the harbour last evening about half-pest 8 o'clock, which resulted in the loss of the life of a young man 20 years of age, named William Henry Laurence…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Late Case of Drowning near Catherine Hill Bay
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 4
In our present issue we print a report from the Newcastle Pilot of a case of drowning at the above place. That paper gives the following corrected account of the sad occurrence, in its Friday's issue:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident to Mr. Adolphe Joske. (From the Melbourne Argus, Jan. 31.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 10
A melancholy accident occurred at Messrs. Webster Brothers' warehouse, Queen-street, on Saturday last, by which[?] Mr. Adolphe Joske, broker, brother of Mr. Alexander Joske, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Deaths by Drowning
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1876 · page 4
A sad case of death by drowning of two boys ooourred on Sunday afternoon last at Bolwarra. The boys were the sons of Mr. Charles Bowden, an old resident of Bolwarra, and a great deal of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Railway Accident in South Australia. Three Men Killed
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1876 · page 7
An accident resulting in the death of three persons, happened on the Northern Line of Railway at Adelaide on Wednesday morning, February 9. The deceaseds are: — Jonathan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Kerosene Accident at Bathurst. (Bathurst Free Press, Feb. 10.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1876 · page 3
We in Bathurst have fortunately been, to a great extent, exempt from those frightful catastrophes which have been more frequent in some other places through the explosion of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision and Loss of Twenty-two Lives. (From the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph) Liverpool, Jan 21
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1876 · page 11
Another great maritime disaster has occurred in St. George's Channel, involving a loss of no fewer than twenty-two lives. The steamer Dante, owned by Messrs. Glover Brothers, of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatal Railway Accident. (From the Pall Mail Gazette, Jan. 7.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1876 · page 11
A serious and fatal accident ocourred on the Great Eastern Railway on the 1st inst, between Mudford Somerleyton, to the 9 10 a.m train from Lowestoft. The Oulton Marshes, near…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatal Boat Accident at Newcastle. (From Monday's Pilot.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1876 · page 3
A melan[?]oly accident, by which a lad named John Crighton, aged seventeen years, lost his life, occured on Saturday last. A party of five, named Mathew Carr, Hamilton,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision between the Mailships Granada and Colima. (From the S. M. Herald, March 29.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1876 · page 4
The Pacific Mail Company's steamships Granada and Colima collided in the harbour of Kandava, but from information which has reached Sydney, it would appear that the injuries to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to the P.M.S Colima. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 3
The P. M. S. Co.'s steamship Colima, which left Sydney on the 12th March, was unable to enter Otago harbour on account, of the rough weather. The captain turned her head for Lyttelton, but,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Wreck—390 Pilgrims Drowned. Bombay, March 8
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1876 · page 3
The steamer Jowerd has been wrecked. She left Jeddah on the 16th January with upwards of 400 pilgrims. On the same night she struck on a reef known as Coomptas, and became a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident at Cowlairs
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1876 · page 7
Early on Wednesday afternoon, an accident of a serious and most alarming nature occurred at the site of the North British Company's Railway Works at Cowlairs, whereby one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident on the Underground Railway
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1876 · page 7
On Saturday evening, a serious accident occurred at the Hammersmith Road Junction of the District Railway, by a Hammersmith train running into the rear of another train which had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →