Fatal Mining Accident
A miner named William Henry Paine, residing at Cherrytree, Panton-hill, Victoria, was accidentally smothered on the 29th ult. by the hole was working in caving in. His wife,…
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Accident at the Waterworks
A startling and what might have proved a fatal accident occurred on Thursday at the excavations being made by Mr. Monahan to carry pipes from the river to the water tower, so as to prevent the falling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Balloon Collision. Ninety-Seven-and-a-Half Lives Sacrificed. Statement of the Killed
THERE are things which are often read about, but very seldom seen; there are dreams never realised; anticipations never inlfilled; but, of all the phantoplassms that percolate through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Railway Collision in Victoria. Two Person's Killed and Several Injured
A shocking accident happened on the Geelong line on Wednesday- night, by which a number of passengers were injured and great damage done to rolling stock through a…
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ON Wednesday evening a terrible accident happened on the Geelong line between Little River and Werribee stations. The up passenger train from Ballarat, due at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Fatality on Board a Steamer
A shocking accident occurred on board the steamer Buninyong at Sydney on Friday, by which a lady named Elizabeth Ward, a resident of Melbourne, lost her life. The steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Terrible Balloon Collision. Ninety-Seven-and-a-Half Lives Sacrificed. Statement of the Killed. Taken down in Thoughtonomic Dissyllables by our Special Pyonographie Enthusiast
THERE are things which are often read about, but very seldom seen; there are dreams never realised; anticipations never fulfilled; but, of all the phantoplasms that parcolate through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mining Accident at Eaglehawk
From Sandhurst we learn that another fatal accident has occurred on Snob's-hill, the particulars of which prove the treacherous nature of the ground being worked by the several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TELEGRAMS. The Railway Accident. MELBOURNE
The cause of the accident is now ascertained The stationmaster at the Werribee, it seems, is rather a good vocalist, and there was on the evening a Sunday school tea meeting and concert being held at…
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Another disastrous railway accident attended with loss of life occurred between Little River and Werritte[?] on Wednesday night last. The passenger train from Ballarat to Melbourne, which was well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Accident. MELBOURNE
The cause of the accident is now ascertained. The stationmaster at the Werribee, it seems, is rather a good vocalist, and there was on the evening a Sunday school tea meeting and concert being held at…
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Fuller enquiry into the railway collision which occurred on the night of the 2nd mat. near the Little River, on the Melbourne to Ballarat line, shows that the original estimate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned in Fourteen Inches of Water
The Wilcannia Times reports that last week the body of a man named George Barres was found drowned in Bunker Creek, near the Tarella run homestead. The depth of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Another Railway Accident. Fatal Boiler Explosion at Sunbury
The little rural township of Sunbury was thrown into a state of unwonted excitement by the railway accident which occurred there very early in the morning of the 3rd instânamely,…
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The following statement was made on the day after the accident by Major "Smith, M.L.A.: —" I was in the train that came from Ballarat last night. I was in a compartment of one of…
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The Walcha correspondent of the Uralla Times reports that a distressing accident, having a fatal termination, occurred on Wednesday, March 26, to a man named Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fatal Mining- Accident. Two Men Killed by Foul Air
A shocking accident occurred at the Tubal Cainmine, near Walhalla, on Tuesday, by which two men lost their lives from foul air. The mine is situated about three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Serious Coach Accident
A very serious accident occurred to Cobb and CO.’s Deniliquin and Moulamein coach on Saturday morning, though fortunately it was not attended by any fatal results. The coach,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Serious Coach Accident
A serious coach accident occurred early on Saturday marine last between Deniliquin and Moulamein, about seven miles from the latter place. The coach, which contained seven persons, left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Railway Accident. Gollision Between Two Passenger Trains at Spencer-street
Another mishap, of a somewhat serious nature but fortunately unsticnded with peronal injury or loss of life has to be chronicled in connerion with the Victorian Railways…
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