Serious Lift Accident
Several gentlemen were Seriously injured by the falling of a lift at Robb’s-buildings, Collins-street, Melbourne, on Saturday last, but are all reported to be progressing fairly…
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Serious Tram Accident
A tram accident of a serious and alarming nature occurred at the intersections of Swanston and Collins streets, Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon. At 25 minutes past 1 a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Railway Accident Near Daylesford. a Fierman and Three Passengers Injured
The Creswick to Daylesford railway line, which was opened only last June, is singularly unfortunate. Several landslips have occurred on it, and now a collision is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Serious Buggy Accident
A buggy accident of a very serious nature occurred this afternoon in Lachlan street. Mr. L. Smith, the manager of Tom's Lake station, in company with a nursegirl, left Tattersall's yards in a buggy drawn by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident at Inglewood. Inglewood
A shocking accident occurred here to-day. A butcher's boy named Stewart, driving at a furious rate, ran over a child, the wheels passing over its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident at Wodonga. Collision Between the Sydney Express and a Goods Train. Serious Damage to Rolling Stock
A collision occured at the Wodonga railway station on Tuesday morning between the express from Sydney and a goods train which was engaged in sh[?]nting. Fortunately,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Yachting Disaster in Hobson’s Bay. Finding of the Cutty Sark. the Whole Party Drowned
The painful mystery concerning the fate of the yacht Cutty Sark, to which allusion was made in our last issue, has been cleared up in a manner which leaves no room for hope that any…
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On March 1 a truck laden with minerals was being lowered by a steel rope down a steep tramway on the High Peak of Derbyshire, when it broke away and dashed on to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Extraordinary Accident
An extraordinary accident is reported from Monkstown (relates a contemporary). A county Cork young lady went out to get a vessel of water from a pump at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Case of Drowning Near Echuca. Echuca
It was reported in Echuca to-day that Miss Rhoda Mountjoy, a member of the family of Messrs. Mountjoy Bros., of Lorne, who was on a visit to her uncle, Mr, Trewin, at Torrumbarry,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Gunpowder Explosion in Queensland. Four Men Seriously Injured
A serious gunpowder explosion occurred on Monday evening on the Fortitude Valley railway line, Queensland, which is now under construction. Four men who constituted part…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Collision in the English Channel
London, April 20.—The steamer Moto Collided with the ship Smyrna in the English Channel yesterday. The latter sunk almost immediately. Twelve lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Sea. Sinking of the Ship Smyrna. Thirteen Lives Lost. London, April 30
A serious marine disaster occurred yesterday in the vicinity of the Needles, a cluster of rocks off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight. The steamer Moto and the ship Smyrna, 1305…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Terrible Railway Accident in America
A frightful railway disaster occurred near Blackshear, Georgia, where a Southern fast mail train broke through a trestle-bridge over a creek. The train consisted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision in the Red Sea
London, May 6.—A collision has occurred in the Red Sea between R.M.S. Garonne and the steamer Lucinda, 1,132 tons. The Lucinda was su[?]k, and two of her crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Blasting Accident. Three Men Killed. Three Others Seriously Injured
A terrible blasting accident occurred in the Bombo quarries, near Kiama, on Monday, which resulted in the death of three men and serious injury to three others. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Collision in the Red Sea. the Lucinda Sunk by the Garonne. London, May 6
Intelligence has been received of a collision which occurred in the Red Sea between the Orient Company's R.M.S. Garonne, which left London for Australia on April 13, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Terrible Railway Accident
A telegram dated Charles City' (Iowa), April 5, sayf:—" Nine persons lost their lives and about 30 were seriously injured early this morning in the terrible crash on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Railway Collision
An accident, fortunately unattended by any serious consequences, happened last week on the new line of railway being constructed from Numurkah to Cobram. A rake of trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Fatal Accident on Board the Gabo. Howard Smith and Sons Censured by the Jury
An inquest was held in Adelaide on Monday on the body of a lumper named Dalby, who met with a fatal accident in the hold of Howard Smith and Sons’ steamer Gabo, when a…
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