Fatal Accident by Drowning
A young man has been drowned in the Macquarie River at Dubbo. Richard Kirk, the deceased, in company with a man named Benton, was walking on the bank of the river,…
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European Telegrams. [By Submarine Cable.] Disastrous Collision Off Cape Finisterre.—130 Lives Lost. London, July 28
Intelligence has been received of a disastrous collision off Cape Finisterre between the iron screw steamer Laxham, 837 tons, Captain H. Baxter, belonging to Messrs. Robert…
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An accident of an alarming and very painful nature occurred at the Goulburn railway station about 11 p.m. on the 25th ult. A young man named William New (says the…
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Our Boree Creek correspondent writes as follows:—“A most heartrending accident occurred on Thursday afternoon last to Mrs. Sippins, the wife of a selector at…
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Hay very [?] one of its prominent citizen on Sunday last. On the day a shooting party was formed with a view to bag some of the ducks that are now haunting the river and the lagoons. The party…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident in Sydney Harbor. Collision Between the Barrabool and the Birksgate
One of the most serious collisions that has taken place in the Sydney Harbor for a long time past occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday, near Bradley's Head, between Messrs…
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The following terrible occurrence is related the Ulladulla Times:—“Mr. E. M’Mahon, of Mr. Francis M'Mahon, J.P., and his man (a late arrival in the colony) were…
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The prompt and commendable efforts of the police in connection with the organisation of the search parties which turned out to seek the child Henry Gordon, aged seven years,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Terrible Railway Accident Near Sheffield
One of the most dreadful disasters that has ever occurred on an English railway took place on Wednesday, 16th July, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire…
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A terrible accident occurred at the No. 3 shaft of the New Australasian Company’s mine at about 4 o’clock this morning. A young man named David Taylor and a married…
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Intelligence to hand by this morning mail states the rainfall at Tupra was 56 point…
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On Thursday afternoon Mr Baldwin drove out a party consisting of two ladies (Miss Maher, Mrs Tartakover's nurse) and Miss Baldwin, and several children. On returning, the buggy was capsized and two of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Collision in Queensland. an Enginedriver Killed, and Several Others Injured
A serious railway collision occurred on Friday evening between the 5.30 up train from Brisbane and a goods train from Mitchell. The former train, which was due at Oxley…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Terrible Railway Accident in India. Calcutta, October 2
A terrible railway accident occurred to-day on the Eastern Bengal Railway, resulting in great loss of life. Two trains were travelling in opposite directions near the Aurungatta…
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"Dear me," gasped Mrs. Knowal, "here is a terrible item in the paper. My, how the poor man must have suffered." "What is it?" asked her husband, coming…
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"Dear me," gasped Mrs. Knowal, "here is a terrible item in the paper. My, how the poot man must have suffered." "What is it? " asked her husband, coming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in New Zealand. Wellington
A railway accident has occurred at Auckland. A stationary shunting engine was struck violently by a truck. which caused the steam regulator to fall, and the engine started…
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A fatal accident occurred at the Tarraville rifle butts, Victoria, on the 9th inst. A young man named Austin Kinna, aged 17, the son of a publican at Tarraville, borrowed a rifle and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Accident to a China Steamer. [By Telegraph,] Brisbane
News was received yesterday that the China Company's steamer Chang Chow, bound north to Hong Kong, struck on Breaksea Spit on Friday morning, and rapidly began…
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Ail accident recently occurred at a menagerie at St. Pierre, Calais. It appears that a man named Holland, whose business it was to go through a performance with wild…
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