The Recent Collision
The Marine Board inquiry into the collision between the steamer Ranelagh and the schooner Spunkie, off Cape Moreton on Friday last, has resulted in…
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Railway Accident in Victoria
A COLLISIGN between two trains occurred at the Marong Railway station on Saturday night, but owing to the promptness of one of the drivers a serious calamity was…
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A youth named William Rothwell, 16 years of age, was yesterday admitted into the Clunes District Hospital, suffering from the effects of a gunshot wound, received upon his right side under the…
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AN accident of a very serious nature occurred to Mr Dennis Driscoll, the well-known traveller for Messrs. J. T. and J. Tochey, last evening. From…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Railway Accident in Victoria. (Herald's Telegram.) Melbourne
A telegram has been received from Ararat to the effect that a serious railway accident occurred at Middle Creek railway station, to the Adelaide express, which was in charge of Guard Byrne, Driver…
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A number of volunteers at the encampment at Cardiff went in for a bath, although the sea was very rough and they had been [?]irred of the danger of doing so. Seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Colliery Manager Accidentally Killed. (Illawarra Mercury.)
On Saturday forenoon last, Mr. Harper, the manager of the Metropolitan Coal Compony's colliery works, on the Illawarra railway line, and his men were engaged in get…
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THE Distriet Coroner (Mr R. H. Matthews) held an inquiry at Mitehell's Flat on Monday afternoon, touching the death of Christian Badior, whose body was found in First Creek…
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MR ROBERT L. SEDDON, Captain of the English football team now on a visit to Australis, was drowned in the Hunter River, near West Maitland, on…
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A YOUNG man named Bruderlin, employed as engine cleaner at the local railway station, on Thursday night met with an accident, as the result of which he has been permanently…
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Mrs. Robinson, wife of Mr. James Robinson, of Kimo station, Murrumbidgee, near Gundagi, was killed yesterday by the overturning of a carriage…
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The axle of a goods truck broke about seven miles from Orange yesterday, Three trucks were thrown off the track, and the line was cut up considerably…
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A fatal carriage accident occurred at about noon on Wednesday near the residence of Mr. John Stevenson, M.L.A. It appears that a party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robinson and Miss…
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[?] railway accident occurred his morning at a watering station near Young. A train of empty coal trucks, from Harden, with a brake containing…
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A verdict of accidentally drowned has been returned in the case of the young man Saxby whose boat collided with the Manly steamer, Brighton, on Saturday last…
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John Drummond, aged 18, a resident of Gruiere, near Lilydale (Vic.) accidentally shot himself while out kangarooing. He had wounded a kangaroo and was despatching it…
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Which, and for about three m[?]es towards Harden, there is a fall of from 1 in 40 to 1 in 45. Messrs. Blackshaw and Gates were standing at the edge of the van on either side, and instinctively jumped…
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A sad drowning fatality happened on Saturday morning whereby a fine little fellow, son of Alderman Joseph Palmer, lost his life. The deceased, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] Sydney. Tuesday. the Tram Accident
A VERDICT of accidental death has been returned into the death of Francis Glenn, who was killed by a tram motor in Elizabeth-street last Saturday…
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MR R. H. MATHEWS, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry on Saturday afternoon last, at South Singleton, respecting the cause of death of one of Mr P. Doohan's children, a boy of two…
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