The Redbank Fatality
MR R. H. MATHEWS, Coroner for the district, held an Inquest at Warkworth on Saturday last, on the body of Arthur M'Knight, who was drowned at that place…
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Accidentally Burned
A verdict of accidental death has been returned in the case of the youth 'Bourke, who was employed at the powder factory, and who, after returning home,…
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AS reported in our last the death of "Alick" Robertson-the rider of Silvermine in the race for the Cup at Tattersall's annual meeting (held at Randwick on Saturday and Monday…
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A miner, Andrew Johnson, employed in the New Carrington Gold and Silver Mine, near Marulan, in the Goulburn district, met with a terrible accident while following his occupation last week. It…
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An extraordinary colliery accident happened at Abernant, Aberdare, on Nov. 26, resulting in the entombment of 340 men. At eight o'clock in the morning the winding gear broke, with the result…
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LONDON, January 11.-A terrible railway accident is reported from America. It appears that a goods train came into collision with a passenger train bear Wyoming,…
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This was an appeal to the Privy Council from an order of the Supreme Court of New South Wales of Nov. 20,1885, making absolute a rule for a new trial in an action brought by the respondent against…
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At the Oakey Park Colifery, Lithgow, yesterday, three men were thrown out of the bucket whilst being drawn up the shift, and fell a distance of 40 feet…
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On Saturday afternoon a collision took place on the Parramatta River between the steam launches Undine and Little Violet, whereby the latter sank almost instantly, and two persons who were on…
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One of the most miraculous escapes (says the Coonamble Independent) from drowning we have ever heard chronicled, occurred on Thursday last, and only by divine interposition was a lamentable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Tramway Accident in Newcas[?]e. (Newcastle Heral[?] of yesterday.)
Another fatal accident o[?] the tramline unfortunately occurred on Satutey night, when Mrs. Downie, wife of Mr. Mat[?]ew Downie, so well known in Newcastle, was ki[?]d by a tram passing…
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ANOTHER fatal accident on the tramline unfortunately occurred in Newcastle on Saturday night, when Mrs. Downie, wife of Mr. Matthew Downie,…
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Mr Thomas Cheshire, an old and well to-do resident of Mudgee, and a spirited mining investor, was killed yesterday by being thrown out of his buggy, which…
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A YOUNG married woman, named Wright, living at Phœnix Park, near Morpeth, met with a dreadful accident on Wednesday through her clothes…
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A supposed fatal boat accident is reported, Four men named Charles Hen, Alfred Knight, George Noble, and Samuel Fenton, all residents of Bedfern, embarked in a small…
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A painful sensation was caused by an alarming occurrence in the Star Music Hall, Dublin, on the 3rd inst., when Mdlle. Senide, a female lion tamer, was bitten by one of her animals, and sustained…
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ON Saturday afternoon, at the Corporation Baths, Newcomen-street Newcastle, a very serious occurrence took place, which, in all probability, would have…
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A man, supposed to be named Pickering- was found near the railway line at Summerhill last night, with one leg cut off and an arm smashed. It is supposed…
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One of Lord Carringston's children had a narrow escape from being drowned at [?]gee yesterday but the child was quickly rescued by His Excellency…
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