A Fatal Accident
A FAD accident, attented with fatal results occurred to a man named David Wilsen at Catherine Hill Boy, near Newcastle, on Monday night. It…
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Fearful Railway Accident. Two Brothers Killed
SHORTLY before 10 on Friday night a frightful accident occurred on the ralway line between T[?] and Hexham. Two brothers. Henry and Martin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident in Crossing a Creek. (From the Forbes Times, August 24.)
The coroner for the district, Mr. W. Brooke, J.P., held an inquiry at Eugowra on Thursday last touching the death of a man named John Benge and his infant son who had been drowned in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY, Friday. the Harbour Collision
The inquest on the chief cook, Edward Sargent, drowned through the sinking of the Steamer Centennial, was resumed to-day. A good deal of evidence was taken and the…
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A very serious accident happened on Thursday morning on Longueville Wharf, Parrsmatta River, to a labourer named John Fielding, residing nt Redfern. The…
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The inqacst on the body of the cook drowned in the Contennial-Kanahooka collision has been adjourned till to-morrow, to allow the jury to visit the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Strange Accident. a Horse Killed by Colliding with a House
WHILE Mr Frank Earp, of the firm of Earp, Gillam and Co., was sitting reading early on Monday morning in his brother's residence at the corner of Brown and Church street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident in Victoria. Ral Persons Severely Injured
MELBOURNE. Friday.—A terrible railway accident occurred at 7.30 p.m. yesterday at the Dronin Railway Station on the Gippsland line. A goods train was shunted on to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Collision in the English Channel
A collision of a somewhat remarkable character took place in the English Channel off the Needles on the night of Saturday, July 20. The collision occurred in the violent gale which prevailed…
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THE great are at Antwerp, Belgium, which was occasional through an explosion at a cartridge manufactory, is g[?]nally subsiding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion at a Cartridge Factory Terrible Loss of Life. 300 KILLED. 1000 Injured. London
TERRIBLE loss of life and injury to property is reported from Antwerp, one of the principal cities of Belgium. A cartridge factory there exploded. Two hundred workmen and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at a Tannery
A SHOCKING accident occurred on Friday at Krueger's Tannery, Albury. An elderly man named Gustave Geberdt was engaged, in feeding the bark mill. He were glovas, the tips…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Panic at a Meeting in Sydney Several Persons Injured
DURING Mr Varley's lecture on Sunday evening in the New Masonic-hall, Sydney, an alarm of fire was raised. The hall was crowded, and a terrible catastrophe was only…
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AN accident of a very serious nature occurred at Tamworth on Saturday to a boy named Robert Carmichael, aged about 13, a member of the Tamworth School Cadet Corps. The…
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An American cablegram announces a disastrous yachting casualty, when, during a severe storm, a yacht foundered and nine persons on board were drowned…
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A man named Joseph M'Combe, who walking along the railway track at [?] Adelaide last night, was knocked down by passing train and cut to pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Fatality in Sydney
A LITTLE boy named George Clarke' four years of age, residing with his father, James Clarke, at Womerahavenue, Darlinghurst, met his death in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Colliery Explosion. Two Men Severely Injured
AN explosion occurred in the new coalpit at Redhead, near Lake Macquarie on Saturday. It was very alarming. Only two men happened to be below;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singular Fatal Accident. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A MAN named David Duke was yesterday found dead in Jordan Creek, Keppel street, Bathurst. There are no traces to show how deceased got there, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shocking Accident. Killed on the Spot, (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A TERRIBLE fatality occurred in Elizabeth street this morning at Messrs Cheetam Bros razor and scissors grinding works. A grindstone, four feet by…
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