Fatal Train Accident. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Connie Riley, a middle-aged woman, seriously injured while boarding a train for Guildford at the Central Railway Station on Saturday afternoon, died…
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Remarkable Fatality
An extraordinary accident happened at Parramatha last week to Annie Selmes, aged 18, a domestic servant in the employ of Mrs. Oakes, senr., of May's Hill. The girl had take some…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Sub-Marine Collision
A member of the crow of the Souffleur, the French submarine which was damaged, in a collision under water with her sister craft, the Bonite, a few weeks ago, gives a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Smash at Murrurundi. Mail Trains Collide. Many Passengers Injured
Just now Maitland is the abiding-place of sensations and alarms, the proximity of the town to the scene of the brutal murder at allandale having agitated the community…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Sawmill Accident. Man's Fingers Mutilated
On Saturday last, about 1 o'clock, a terrible accident occurred at Winsor's sawmill, Quirindi. Work was over for the day, arid Mr J. Harrison went to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Railway Accident. . Woman Decapitated
A shocking railway accident occurred on the , Essenden, (Vic.,) railway line last evening, when a woman was literally cut to pieces by a train at a point about 200 yards south of the Moonee Ponds…
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An accident of a very serious nature befel a lad named McKimm, a son of Mr. Robert McKinum, of Bolwarra, at the methodist Sunday School picnic at Bolwarra yesterday afternoon. It…
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Senior-Constable Dolman, who was sent to Muswellbrook to relieve Senior-Sergeant Maye during the latter's illness, met with a very pailful accident on Wednesday…
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A number of gay town boys were (says "Harper's Magazine") loafing in the caly blacksmith shop in a town near Cincinnati when an old farmer came in with a horse…
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Henry Blackman, aged CO, was assisting to load railway fishplates from the held of the mail steamer Oruba to-day, when a sling containing several heavy iron plates suddenly swung. r. and,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Hews by Wire. Sydney, Monday. the Railway Accident
Mr. Waddell, Treasurer and Minister of Railways, stated this morning that, he had received a report from the Chief Railway Commissioner in relation to the department…
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The collision would seem to be attributable to a misunderstanding on the part of two passengers by the Bendigo express, whose identity is not known at present…
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The collision occurred a little before 11 o'clock. The Ballarat train was running a little late, and was just coming out of the station, when the Bendigo train, which was drawn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest News by Wire. Tram Accident in Sydney. Several Persons Injured
SYDNEY, Tuesday. A number of people who were about to return to their homes from Wonderland City last night has a sensational adventure, and several view…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scene at a Show. Eleven Persons Injured
An accident of an alarming character occurred the exhibition given by the Australian Bu[?] jumpers in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney last night when a large portion of the seating buit up in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. The Bolwarra Accident
The lad McKimm, who sustained a severe concussion of the brain through falling from a swing at the Methodist Sunday School picnic at Bolwarra on Friday, is, we learn,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Railway Accident. on the Northern Line. Engine and Trucks Derailed
It is reported that two carriages, containing a detachament of cadets from the singleton encampment, got off the rails near Worris Creek, but were soon replaced without any injury or inconvenience,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Catastrophe. Fearful Loss of Life. Two Trains Collide. Express Crashes Into Ballarat Train. Carriages Smashed to Atoms. the Trains on Fire. 43 Killed Outright. 60 Others Injured Melbourne
Twenty-seven people were killed in a railway collision at Braybrook Junction last night. The Bendigo train crashed into a train which arrived from Ballarat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Disaster. the Death Roll. 43 Killed ; 139 Injured
Though the horrors of the calamity, dimly seen by the nickering lights of the torches and flares on the Braybrook (Sunshine) railway station on Monday night were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murrdrundi Railway Accident Board to Hold Inquiry
The Premier stated on Tuesday evening that the Government had decided to appoints an independent board, under the Railways Act of 1901, to inquire into the Murrur[?]…
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