Collapse of a Wall. Three Men Injured
A SERIOUS accident took place late on Saturday night at the Old Bash Inn, Elizabethstreet, Melbourne, which is course of being pulled down. While three men, Chris. Oslen,…
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Railway Accident at Doughboy Hollow. Three Trucks Wrecked
AT midnight on Saturday, as a goods train from the north was approaching Doughboy Hollow station on the northern line, in consequence of the load behind being too heavy,…
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A SERIOUS cab accident occurred about 11 o'clock on Monday night on the loop railway line between Spencer and Flinders streets, stations. A cab, driven by Alex. M'Rew,…
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A sad accident happened about 9 o'clock on Friday night at Miller's Point when a young man named James Easten lost his life. Easten was an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident. a Woman Killed
AT Penrith, on Thursday morning a woman named Parsons, wife of a fettler at present employed on the railway at Emu Plains, was killed at Heard's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident on Board Her Majesty's Ship Barracouta
Not since the explosion on Her Majesty's ship Thistle, on the Maplan Sands, some 20 years ago, has such a serious accident occurred in the Nore district at a steam trial of a new vessel as that…
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On Wednesday afternoon last Mr J. N. Brooke, P. M., Coroner, held an inquest at the residence of Mr George Ballentyne, at East Branxton, touching the death of James…
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AN excursion on Lake Macquario last Sunday afternoon had a melancholy termination which cost the life of a respected Newcastle citizen, Mr James A. Philipa, accountant in…
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A PAARTY consisting of Mrs Davics, Mrs Taytor, F[?]k Tucker, Joseph Collins, Alexander Davidson, and several children, OL their return from Newcastle, in the direction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at the Aberdeen Crossing. Two Horses Drowned
IN a Previous issue we had accas[?] to chronicle the fact that the recent heavy rains, and the consequent rise of water in the Hunter River, had rendered the…
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"THE following incident occurred near the town of Omo[?] in Spanish Honduras. About three months ago one of the shells fired by the Niobe at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Greta Correspondent and the Late Fatal Accident at the Elderslie Crossing. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—As your correspondent's account (which appeared in your issue of Tuesday last) of the very sad accident, which happened to the late Mr. James Thrift at the Elderslie…
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ON Saturday two men named James Hogg (partner in the firm of Hogg and Jonss sawmill proprietors at Aliceton, Port Stephens) and John Cheers (a…
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As the 4.30 train from Kiama was about a quarter of a mile from Wellongong on Monday afternoon the last carriage ran off the line through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raymond Terrace Drowning Case. the Bodies Recovered
THE bodies of George Hogg and John Cheers, who were drowned in Limeburner'e Creek on Good Friday. were found on Tuesday evening. Hogg's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Boating Fatality at Tarago. One Body Found
IN connection with the boating accident referred to in our last issue, whereby three men named Spicer, Thompson, and Daly were drowned, the body of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Australian Railways. Sir Henry Nearly Drowned. Chief Commissioner Hooted
SPLENDID rains have fallen in the northern areas of South Australin. They penetrated a defective railway carriage in which Sir Henry Parkes was…
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A YOUNG man named Henry Farmer had a narrow escape from being drowned on Saturday night last. It appears that Farmer. wishing to cross the river to Dunolly at about…
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A sad case of drowning was reported to-day. Two men, named Asher Allen and Robert M'Whinney, were flishing off Ben Buckler's Rocks, Bondi, on Sunday, when by some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatality Near Newcastle. Man and Four Horses Drowned
SHORTLY after midday on Wednesday great excitement was caused in Adamstown and Charlestown, when it who reported that two horse teams and drivers…
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