Accidentally Drowned
On the afternoon of the 25th instant (Christmas Day) a boy named Charles Stringer Horton was drowned while bathing in the river in the [?]iciuity of the goal. The body of deceased was recovered…
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The Drowning of Dr. Mousse
From the Brisbane Courier we take the following particulars of the recent sad accident which resulted in the drowning of Dr. Mousse, of Beechworth :—It appears that a party of five left…
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ANOTHER case of drowning has it appears, taken place on the Murray a few miles below Corowa. Very little is yet known concerning the affair,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Railway Accident. Seven Persons Injured. [By Electric Telegraph.] Beaufort
A serious railway accident occurred here today which it is feared will result in loss of life. The 1.30 mixed train from Stawell to Ararat was in the station, when portion of a goods train from…
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An awful accident occurred on Tuesday on the tramway line in King-street, Sydney, which it is feared will have a fatal result. An old man, 79 years of age, named Simeon Henry, living in…
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The Sandhurst correspondent of the Argus, writing on the 21st inst., says :—Another dreadful mining accident occurred this morning, the scene of the disaster on this occasion being the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Late Railway Accident at Beaufort
The board appointed to make inquiries into the circumstances of the above accident, consisting of Mr. Lunt, engineer of maintenance; Mr. Cadwallader, inspector of traffic; and Mr…
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A remarkable death through accident is reported in the Hobart Mercury of February 3. It appears that a Mr. Francis William Mitchell was in the dress circle of the theatre on the previous…
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A fatal accident, due entirely to the carelessness the victim, is reported in the Melbourne Daily Telegraph. It appears that on Friday a man named Wm. M'lner[?]ey, aged 50 years, was at the…
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The Muswellbrook correspondent of the Maitland land Mcrcury gives the following particulars of the accident to the goods train on Thursday night week, between Muswellbrook aud Aberdeen?—…
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A most frightful accident occurred on Saturday (the Southern Argus reports) to the eldest son of Mr. P. Duffy, of North Yass, at Hibernia Crescent It appears the unfortunate lad, who is only 13…
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A Coroner’s inquest was held on Monday last, upon the body of Edward Cunningham, who was drowned in the river on Friday last. Captain Battye, superintendent of police,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shocking Fatality at the Williamstown Junction
On Saturday evening a girl named Kate Layland, nearly 16 years of age, met with a frightful death at the Williamstown Junction Railway Station. She was on the south platform with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Frightful Accident in Port Phillip Bay. Gig of the Cerberus Blown Ur and Five Men Killed. [By Our Special Reporter.] Melbourne, March 7
One of the most shocking tragedies that it has been my most unpleasant duty to report during the last 25 years, cook place on Saturday, the 5th instast at 6.30 P.m., off Queenscliff, in port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frightful Accident in Port Phillip Bay. Boat of the Cerberus Blows Up with Six Men in Her.—three Shattered to Atoms, Two Others Killed, and the Other Dreadfully Mangled—full Particulars of the Dreadful Catastrophe. Melbourne, March 8
One of the most shocking tragedies that it has ever been my most unpleasant duty to report during the last 25 years took place on…
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Another sad and fatal railway accident, rivalling in its harrowing details that which occurred on the Sandridge line a short time ago, by which a young railway guard named Smith lost his…
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On Thursday afternoon an inquest was held at the Deniliquin Hospital by the Coroner, Dr. Noyes, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances attending the death of Bernard M’Guire, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gun Accident to a Prisoner
A most unfortunate accident (the Express states) happened to one of the prisoners in the Armidale gaol one day in the early part of last week. Under the charge of a warder, three of the prisoners were…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The List of Saved and Drowned
Of those mentioned above, the following were saved :—The Chief Officer (Mr Lindsay), second officer (Mr Maloney), and seven seamen, namely James Burnett, Edward Johnson, Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Tramway Accident
We learn from New Zealand files that an accident of the most alarming character, resulting in the injury of 12 persons, occurred at half-past 11 o’clock at night on the Roslyn tramway, on the…
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