The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident
AT the inquest on Friday William Holme deposed I was at Peat's Ferry when the accident happened, and was standing near the points when the train passed. I heard it…
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The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident
HE report of the Board of Enquiry states that the train was amply provided with brake power. The hand-brake power alone was more than sufficient to admit of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Accident in America
A terrible railway disaster occurred on Thursday Owing to the burning of the bridge over the River Illinois a train eastward bound for Niagara was hurled into the river. The exact loss of life is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in America. Appalling Scenes. an Engine-driver Decapitated. London, August 13
Further advices are to hand regarding the railway disaster which took place on Thursday last in the State of Illinois. The accident occurred at midnight, The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Colliery Accident
AN accident which unfortunately resulted fatally (says the Illawarra Mercury) occurred in the Mount Kembla colliery on Saturday. At noon, a man…
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SHORTLY before [?] o'clock yesterday morning serious railway disaster, but, happily accompanied by no fatal results, occurred between Lewisham and Petersham, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Distressing Accident from the Careless use of Firearms
THE Melbourne Argus reports that a very distressing mishap occurred on Friday evening at Footscray, arising from carelessness in the use of firearms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kembla Accident
A serious accident happened on the Mount Kembla line yesterday forenoon. About half-past 10 o'clock, a train of ten waggons loaded with about six tons of coal each, was running…
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It becomes our painful duty to record a most serious accident that happened on Monday to Miss Wiseman, only sister of Alderman Wiseman, and stop-daughter of Mr. W. Robson J.P., both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Cheviot. the Cause of the Accident. Melbourne
MESSRS, Howard Smith and Sons' steamer Cheviot, outward bound, became a total wreck last night on Black Bench, at the back of Point Nepean. She steamed and through the Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Compensation for Railway Accidents
THE verdict in the Parkes case, by which the public purs[?]ds muleted in the sum of £13,000 a [?]amages for the loss of life of a single railway pane…
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At a meeting of the Bulli Fund Executive Committee on Monday afternoon, at the Town Hall, Mr. Garlick said he had for many years considered the question of having some fund established for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Accident or Permanent Relief Fund. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR.—I was very much pleased a few days ago on reading your leader on the above subject, and as you invited correspondence on the question, I have been waiting and watching every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident Fund. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—I, like "Unity", have been waiting for the same reasons. I also take exception to it on the same grounds as "Unity," and am in full sympathy that it should be founded on the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ryde Shark Fatality
THOUGH a close aid daily wath has been Fept for algns of the repaine of the information innte young man, Thomas Cubbrane, who was seized by n shark whilst bathing from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' National Accident Fund. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—This pet theory of Mr. T. W. Garlick has received but scant consideration from the miners; and why is it so indifferently treated? In my opinion it is due to the want of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Windsor Railway Accident
THE amount of compensation which will have to be paid by the Railway Department before all the claims for compensation of person all the claims for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Railway Accident
An accident of a very serious character, and which might have resulted fatally, occurred late on Saturday night, on the line between Bulli and Robbinsville. So far as the railway officials were…
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