A Fatal Accident
A verdict of accidental death wan returned to-day at an inquest on the body of a wharf labourer who died in the Hospital last Friday from the effects of injuries sustained whilst discharging…
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Peculiar Railway Accident at Tamworth
A peculiar railway accident occurred at the Fitzroy-street level crossing, Tamworth, midway between the railway station and the goods shed, yesterday afternoon. A Baldwin goods engine, No…
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A carpenter named Thomas Austen, engaged at the Sewerage Works, North Sydney, was down one of the shafts this morning when a piece of rock, which became dislodged, fell and struck him…
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Intense heat prevails in England and many eases of sunstroke have occurred. Mrs Ellen ford, one of the oldest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Appalling Fatality. [By Cable.] London
FURTHER particulars of the terrible explosion in a cartridge depot at Rustchuk, Bulgaria, state that 130 persons were killed and 170 injured…
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The steamer Kalkoufa has been towed into Rio with its crankshaft in a defective state…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Serious Accident. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A CARPENTER, named Thomas Austen, 35, living at Newtown, was seriously injured to-day. He was employed at the sewerage works at North Sydney,…
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An accident occurred on the Hornsby line at an early hour this morning, which had the effect of completely demoralising the heavy passenger traffic on that line for several hours. It appears an engine…
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At Heidelerg (Vic.) an elderly man named R. H. Brooks was run over by a train and cut to pieces. A young man named Cleve Cole…
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A peculiar railway accident occurred at the Fitzory-street level crossing, Tamworth, midway between the railway station and the goods shed, on Monday afternoon. A Baidwin goods engine, No…
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An accident occurred on the Horns by lino at an early hour this morning, which had the effect of completely demoralising the heavy passenger traffic on that line for several hours. It appears an engine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Teerible Accident at Hobart. The Patient Sent Over to Sydney Hospital
ADVICES to hand convey the news of a terrible accident having befallen a wellknown and highly-esteemed resident of Hobart. The unfortunate sufferer has, as…
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By the capsizing of a boat on the Clyde, Scotland, yesterday, Charles Kelly, an engineer, of New Zealand, and two girls, who were his cousins, were drowned…
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Michael Ryan, a resident of Galong, near Binalong, met his death under peculiar circumstances. He reached Sydney in the morning by the Southern mail and while stepping from the carriage on to…
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A seaman named Daniel McIsaac, belonging to the mail steamer Moana, while working a hydraulic winch on board to-day, had both his hands severely crushed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Drowned Baby. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
At the inquest on the death of an infast, whose body was found on the beach at Longnese Point, Balmain, early yesterday morning, the jury…
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During gun practice on board H.M.S. Champion, a third-class screw cruiser, belonging to the training squadron, a gun burst. An officer and seven of the crew were injured…
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A serious Occident has occurred at Mount Lea mine on the Manning Rive. Yesterday afternoon a man named Thomas Gibbons fired a charge of there shots in the mine. Two exploded…
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A few days ago Mr J. F. Lee, assistant to Dr. R. Read, met with a painful accident. He was attending to his bicycle when, by some means, the first finger of the left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Blasting Accident Victim Carried 20 Miles on a Stretcher. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A serious blasting accident occurred at the Mount Rea Mine, Mann River (a tributary of the Clarence), yesterday. Thomas Gibbons, a miner, went…
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