Serious Accident at a Funeral
At the funeral of Mr. Gorman, a rich vintner at Dublin, a gentleman named Hogan was pushed into the vault on the top of the coffin by the people crowding…
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Latest Telegrams. Fatal Explosion. —Two Men Killed and Three Injured. Sydney
A shocking accident occurred yesterday at the Pine Range railway works, near Queanbeyan. Several navvies were working in the vicinity of a blast which hung fire, when it…
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A Sheffield pleasure party, about 50 in number, were on their return journey to Sheffield in waggonettes on tho night of August 28, when, on coming down…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Railway Accident in Bengal
A collision between a goods train from Calcutta and a passenger train from Goalundo occurred close to the Aranghatta station on the Eastern Bengal Railway at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fatal Boat Accidents in Sydney Harbor. Four Lives Lost
The sailing boat Grace Darling left Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, on Saturday night on a fishing excursion, the party numbering eight men. The boat in which they sailed was the…
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A serious coach accident occurred on Monday, in which several persons were badly hurt. The Ballarat coach was upset when going down Deep Creek Hill, between Bacchus…
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A magistecial enquiry was held by Mr Robert W. Ronald. J. P.., at Tupra, on the body of a young man named Dugald M'George, who found drowned in the Lachlan river. Constable S. J. Outram, stationed at Mande, deposed that…
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On Saturday evening a serious accident, which may result fatally, happened to the Rev. J. Black, Presbyterian minister, who was on a visit to Shepparton. He had conducted…
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A sad occurrence is reported from Marrickville, a suburb of Sydney. A boy named Joseph Askew, 10 years of age, who resided with his parents at Garden-street, Marrickville,…
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On Saturday last (says the Tumut and Adelong Times) a shearer making for Monaro was passing Mr. John Bridle’s place, at Bowler’s Flat, riding one horse and leading another…
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A serious accident occurred on Messrs. Landale Brothers’ station, near Deniliquin, on Saturday. A man named Bannermao, who was employed on the station shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Drowning of Two Lads
The Lyttleton Times reports the drowning two lads at Ashburton, New Zealand :— “On Sunday afternoon two of the young sons Mr. John Small, farmer, Graham’s-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Recent Shooting Accident Near Deniliquin
From additional particulars to hand of the recent sad accident on the Deniliquin station, whereby a young married woman named Bannerman, the wife of a kangaroo hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A Terrible Fatal Accident
A fatal accident, attended with the most shocking circumstance, is reported in the South Australian Advertiser :— “On the 1st December a lad named Raveb, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Accident in a Schoolroom
The children attending St. Mary's Roman Catholic Parochial School, Grafton, gave an entertainment last week, in the schoolroom. During the evening the dress of a little girl…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Shocking Accident to a Picnic Party
A shocking accident happened to a picnic party at Rangiora, near Christchurch, New Zealand. The vehicle containing the party was crossing the railway line, when it was run…
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An accident, resulting in the loss of two fingers, is reported by the Federal Standard to have happened to Walter Cheesley, son of Mr. Cheesley, farmer, of Indigo Creek. The lad…
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