Ice Accidents and Loss of Eleven Lives
Two married men and three youths were drowned at Burnley in endeavoring to save a boy named Thomas Hewitson. He and a companion named Hartley went to skate on a…
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Fatal Railway Accident
Between 10 and 11 o’clock on Saturday night two young men, named Robert Gibson and Herbert Fayer, who were walking towards Richmond on a path near the railway line,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Serious Accidents on the Stage
Mr. J. Kennedy, the comedian, met with a severe accident at Toowoomba on Saturday night, when playing in “The Shaughrann.” The gun accidently burst, shattering his left…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A Man Drowned. Hillston, February 14
Yesterday afternoon a man named John Cox was fishing in the Lachlan, and in endeavoring to disentangle his line fell into the river. The deceased was an excellent swimmer, and nothing was thought…
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A sad occurrence took place at Echuca on Monday evening, although its character was not known till next morning, by which two girls, the daughters of Mr. Terrell, High-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Fatality Near Lake Moodemere. Drowned in the Murray
THE catalogue of lives annually lost in the waters of the Murray received another addition on Saturday last; when a young man named Thomas…
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[?] unpleasant THE past week has game[?] notoriety for the number of accidents which have occurred locally. Two of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision Near Sydney. Sydney
A collision occurred near Granville early this morning between the goods train leaving Sydney at 4.44 and another goods train, resulting in a partial smash up. The driver of the express…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Steamer Geelong. the Pass[?]sers Saved. Two Op the Crew Drowned. Narrative of a Passenger, the You Yangs in a Terrific Gale
At 9 a.m. on Sunday the s.s. YOU Yangs arrived at Townsville in a dilapidated condition —minus her fore-mast and maintop-mast, the doors of her deckhouses washed away, the…
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A young man named David Bicknell, 21 years of age was taken to the Dunolly Hospital on Friday from Emu, having sustained terrible injuries while working at a…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Sad Case of Drowning at Swen Hill
About midnight last Monday week men took a boat belonging to a man named Baker from its moorings. They also took the sculls from the Murray…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Boat Accident in California. London, February 29
Additional particulars with regard to the ferry-boat accident at Vallege, California, state that fully seventy persons were killed or maimed…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A Fatal Accident.— Coaching in Queensland
The Rockhampton Bulletin of February 22 reports that a fatal accident happened with Jones’s mail coach on the previous Saturday morning on the journey from Kabra to Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Narrow Escape of Three Persons From Drowning
One of the most miraculous escapes (says the Coonamble Independent) from drowning we have ever heard chronicled occurred on Thursday last. It appears that Miss Martha…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Sawmill Accident
A fatal accident happened on Tuesday afternoon at Messrs. Tuck Bros.’ sawmill, Cobram. A young man, about 27 years of age, named D. Long, was removing a log from…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fatal Accident on the Railway
A farmer named Cornelius Grady, living near Queanbeyan, while riding along the railway line, was overtaken by a mail train. His horse waft cut from under him, and be was…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Accidents and Emergencies. What to Do Till the Doctor Comes
POISONS.—Clear the stomach by emetics of mustard and water yellow soap and warm water, or salt and water. You may give twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Case of Drowning
On Sunday morning, the dead body of a young Woman named Anne Simpson, 24 years of age, daughter of Mr. W. Simpson, fruiterer at Kyneton, was found in the River Campaspe…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sad Railway Accident. a Fatal Leap
P. Campman, engaged on the Coburg line, was killed this morning. Deceased jumped out of the van before the train had stopped, and slipped…
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A fatal dray accident happened between Numurkah and Wunghnu on Friday, by which a farmer named John M’Kenzie, a resident of Kaarimba, lost his life. He was passing…
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