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160 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 8
A disastrous railway collision, involving great loss of life, is reported to have occurred yesterday, near the town of Tiffin, Ohio. A passenger train and a goods train collided,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Marine Board at Sydney on Friday gave the following decision respecting the collision between the Helen Nicoll and the Keilawarra:—…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A serious accident occurred on a farm at Cow Flat, thirteen miles from Bathurst, last week. A farmer named Barrett was reaping and driving his own machine when he noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The New York Times of October 20 contains the following details of a shocking railway disaster, which was briefly recorded in the last American mail summary. The report is dated…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Three deaths through the accidental explosion of gunpowder are reported from Queensland. The first case occurred at Aramac. Mr. C. O. Bowley, of Eastmere station, was making…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →ON Friday last a fatal accident occurred at Cornish Town, the victim being a lad named Thomas Henry Cornish, thirteen years of age. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 7 o’clock on Saturday morning there were loud calls for help from bathers in Kenny’s Baths, St. Kilda. Hearing the cries Mr. W. E. Kenny, son of Captain Kenny,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →An accident occurred on December 10 on the Cwmpennar incline near Mountain Ash. This incline, which is a mile long, runs between the upper Cwmpennar Pit and the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A melancholy accident happened at the Maryborough (Victoria) railway station on Monday, resulting fatally to Mr. Jones, the foreman of the locomotive branch. The…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A serious railway accident happened early Monday morning near Petersham. A passenger train, consisting of five American carriages and a brake-van, left Ashfield at 5…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Early on Saturday morning (says the Bombay Gazette of December 24), Bombay Harbour was the scene of a frightful collision between the s.s. King Arthur, belonging to the Bombay…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Disastrous floods hare occurred all over the southern part of the colony. The lower parts of Brisbane and of Woolloongabba are submerged, and all traffic by road is stopped. On…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A serious accident occurred on the Victoria-street Tramway in Melbourne on Friday evening. Mr. James C. Hutton, who resides at Williams-road, Toorak, and Mr. T. Aitken, of…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A coronial inquiry was held on Thursday before Dr. Noyes, the District Coroner, at the Carriers Rest Hotel, for the purpose of [?] the cause of the death of James O’Donnell, who was killed on the Deniliquin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intelligence has just been received here from Babia, that Messrs. Tinder, Anderson, and Co.’s ship Kapunda, 1095 tons, which left London on December 11, and Plymouth 18th…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →At Daylesford, Victoria, on Monday, a fatal accident happened to Forest Lyon, a youth aged 12 years, a son of Mr. James Lyon, J.P., sawmiller. The debased was out shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →News of a terrible railway accident has just been received here. The express train from Boston for Montreal left the rails as it was crossing a bridge over the White River,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The steamer Dragoman, which left Liverpool for Cardiff, when off Bardsley Island, came into collision with a vessel on a voyage fromLondon to Maryport, causing her to sink…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →A disastrous collision occurred on the railroad near Republic, Ohio, about eight miles west of Cleveland, at 2 o’clock on the morning of January 4. The eastern-bound…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A terrible accident occurred at the Western Railway Station, Ballarat, this morning. Mr. Peter Martin, head porter, was crossing the line…
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