Another Fatal Railway Accident
A shocking fatal railway accident occurred on the Hobson’s Bay line on Monday morning. Between 9 and 10 o'clock a man was about to pass over the line at the Jolimont crossing, when the…
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Fatal Accident at Narandera
We (Argus) have again, most reluctantly, to chronicle another accident to a man named Andy Flanagan, on the Hay-Narandera railway, which has terminated fatally. The accident occurred on…
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ON Sunday afternoon a magisterial inquiry was held before Mr J. E. Pearce, P.M., at Tattersall's Hotel, touching the death of a man named John Atkinson, who had died from injuries…
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A telegram from Adelaide on Tuesday state; :— “A frightful accident happened this morning at the railway shunting ground, near Morphett-street, whereby Aaron Solly, the foreman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Terrible Railway Accident in Mexico. [By Submarine Cable.] London, June 27
A frightful railway accident has occurred in Mexico. While a train fully laden was passing over a railway bridge, at San Antonio, the bridge suddenly collapsed, and the train was precipitated…
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A very lamentable total accident (says the Braidwood Dispatch), occurred a few days since on the road between Betowynd and Araluen. Mr. John Raukin, jun., had his little son Willic,…
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A telegram to the Robart Mercury from Sorell states that information had been received there that a boat containing Azackerly and his two children, Joseph Spaulding, and a man named…
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A wonderful escape from death by a father and the death of his daughter through a gun accident is related in the Brisbane Conner. It appears that, on the 6th instant, John Burnett had occasion…
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The Hobart Mercury of 26th ultimo states that on the arrival of the barque Harriet M’Gregor, from London, the news was received that her chief mate had during the voyage out fallen…
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A FATAL accident, the details of which [?]e of a most painful and harrowing character, occurred at Mulwala, on Friday last. A youth of about…
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A sad accident occurred- on a tramway line in Elizabeth-street about 6 p.m. on Wednesday, by which the Hon. George Oakes, M.L.C., lost' his life. It appears that the deceased gentleman was…
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ON Friday morning last the inhabitants of this district received, with regret, the intelligence that Mr. Henry Hollibone, an old resident of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria. Terrible Railway Accident at Melbourne. Melbourne, Tuesday, 3 p.m
A terrible railway accident has taken place on the Brighton line; six persons killed and about forty wounded. Great excitement exists here. The train ran off the line down an embankment. Amongst those…
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EARLY on Tuesday morning Melbourne was thrown into a state of great consternation by a report that a serious and fatal railway accident had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Calamity. Accident to the Brighton Express. Serious Loss of Life
At last (says the Melbourne Argus of Wednesday) we have experienced a grave railway disaster—shocking and fatal. Business yesterday had scarcely been entered upon when…
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The Victorian Railways have been singularly free from fatal accidents up to the present date. We have had an average percentage of disasters ending in serious…
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[?]orning the most serious railway [?]ever taken place in the colony of [?]on the Brighton railway. The [?]of the catastrophe are taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Desperate Rescue From Drowning
A correspondent of the Maitland Mercury gives particulars of a rescue from drowning, attended with dangerous surroundings, that occurred near Lake Macquarie. He says :—“A narrow escape…
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The result of the inquest on the bodies of those who were killed in the late catastrophe at Joliment must be appreciated by railway travellers…
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A singular and painful accident (says the Western Star) has happened at Amby Downs woolshed to a young man named Cleary, who was employed about the woolpress. As he was…
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