Fearful Accident. Caught in a Chaffcutter
A FEARFUL accident happened on Wednesday afternoon to a miller named Robert Wells, 23, who resides in Knight-street, [?]. Wells was employed at…
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Heavy Rains at Inverell. a Man Drowned. (Inverell Argus, Jan. 18.)
The present week has been one of the wettest ever experienced in Inverell, more than 8 inches of rain having fallen during that time. The result was that all the low-lying parts of the town were…
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RAIN again set in in Brisbane on Monday night. A telegram from Goondiwindi states that the M'Intyic River rose 27ft. above summer level on Sunday, but is now receding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dreadful Accident. a Railway Carriage on Fire
A DREADFUL burning accident took place on Friday evening, in one of the carriages atteched to the Broken Hill Train. The hon. J. G. Rameay,…
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A MIRACULOUS escape from drowning has occurred to Captain Jamieson, of the cutter Lucy, of 10 tons register, trading between Port Adelaide and Clinton. The Lucy left…
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A serious collision occured at the mouth of the river Mersey, on Friday Dec. 6, between the Clan Line steamer Clan Mackenzie and the City of Dublin Company's steamer Leitrim, the former…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Dealer Shot. Was It Accidental ? (By Telegraph.) Sydney
JOHN WOODWARD, aged 21, a dealer, was shot this morning by a telegraph operator named Arthur Thompson, near the railway bridge in George-street. The ball passed…
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The body of the young man named Chisholm has been found drowned at Tares. It is supposed to be a case of suicide while laboring from temporary…
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A serious accident happened at Mrs wellbrook on Saturday night. " The Australian Blondin, "Jas. Sinclair, was performing in the Market Square on his…
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The second mate, Mr Cree, of the ship Killcan, bound for Malbourne, while trying to tranship a pilot at Liverpool, was lost overboard, A stowaway was also drowned…
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MATTHEW JOHN LANGTREE, who is under remand at Rockhampton on a charge of false protences, on Wednesday saved the life of a little boy who fell off…
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ON Saturday night last, a travelling performer named Sinclair, styling himself "The Australian Blondin," announced that he would give an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Mail Coach. Driver and Horses Drowned
ABOUT 2 o'clock on Saturday morning the mail-coach from Bega to Lyitleton capsized in Bembooks River. The front [?] pole of the coach are only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Tramway Accident. a Driver Killed and a Fireman Injured
A TERRIBLE tramway accident happened on Thursday evening in Sydney shortly Before half-past 6 o'clock, when James Roes Logar, a well-known and highly-respected…
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IT is our sorrowful duty to record, one of the most—if not the most—shocking accidents, resulting fatally in one instance, that have occurred in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Accident at Stewart's Brook. (From a Correspondent.)
On Wednesday last a terrible accident occurred in the Royal Standard Mine, Stewart's Brook, to two men named Henry Caslick and Gunning, which it is feared will lead to fatal results in the…
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HENRY CASLICK and Thomas Gunning, the victims of the mining accident at Stewart's Brook on Wednesday, arrived in S[?] at 3 a.m on Thursday, in spring carts after a…
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A DROWNING fatality occurred at Southport, Q. on Sunday evening, the victims being two brothers named Berry, Several Brisbane visitors were bathing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fatal Accident at Stewart's Brook. Coroner's Inquest
An inquest was hold on Friday last at the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Sconebefore Mr W. F. Parker, P.M., coroner, and a jury if twelve, touching…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Railway Accident. Jammed Between Two Trucks
A SHOCKING accident happened at the Redfern Railway Station on Wednesday afternoon, whereby a shunter, named George Morris, was badly injured, and…
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