Found Drowned
An old man named Daniel Driscoll was found drowned in a waterhole last week at Luntsvale. An inquest was held a few days since by the District Coroner, when the…
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The Collision in the English Channel. London, March 2
A court of inquiry has-been held concerning the collision which occurred early, in February in the English Channel between the barque Largo Bay, from London to Auckland,…
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A shocking burning accident occurred on Tuesday at Fyans Creek, a small settlement about 12 miles from Stawell. A litle boy and girl, named Pickering, aged seven and five…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Wreck of the Schooner Northern Belle. Four Whites and Sixteen Kanakas Drowned
The brig Para arrived at Brisbane from the South Seas on Monday, 18th instant, bringing the survivors from the schooner Northern Belle, which foundered on…
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London, Thursday—A terrible accident has occurred at Lancashire. A steam tramcar overturned in rounding a curve. It was crowded with passengers, twenty of whom were killed,…
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A sad accident occurred at Strathmerton on Monday afternoon, resulting in the death of Miss Fielding, a young lady who was on a visit to the district, and serious injury to…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Collision Between the Killochan and the Nereid. London, March 23
In connection with the collision which occurred on February 3 in the English Channel, between the screw steamer Nere[?]d, from Newcastle to St. Naz[?]ire, and the ship Kilochan,…
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A most terrible accident happened to a young woman named Margaret D'Arcy, at the South Melbourne railway station, on Saturday evening. She was a domestic servant in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →News of the World by Cable. Fatal Marine Disaster.the Dover and Ostend Steamer Blown Up. Fourteen Passengers Drowned. London, March 30
News has just been received that the mail steamer running between Dover and Ostend came into collision with a Belgian steamer, and was blown up. Fourteen passengers were…
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From St. George, Ontario, is reported one of the most terrible disasters ever known in Canada. It occurred (says the European Mail of March 1) near that place at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Accident to the Hay Train. a Mob of Cattle Run Into. the Engine and Tender Completely Wrecked. Eleven Trucks Off the Line. the Driver and Fireman Killed. None of the Passengers Injured. Statements of Passengers
At half-past four o'clock on Sunday afternoon word was received in town that the up train would not arrive until about midnight, the delay being caused by an accident. Delays…
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WITH only ten trains per week backwards and forwards it is no wonder if we have comforted ourselves with the assurance that in the natural order of…
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A serious railway accident, resulting in the loss of two lives and great damage to rolling stock, occurred near Junee on Saturday morning. The mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Junee Railway Accident the Inquest. Sydney
The inquest on the men killed in the recent railway accident at Junee was concluded to day. The jury found that the engine-driver G. M. Oates, and the fireman, Alex. Ferguson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Railway Accident in New South Wales. Two Lives Lost
A serious railway accident, resulting in the loss of two lives and great damage to rolling stock, occurred near Junee on Saturday morning. The mail train left Junee at a…
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On Tuesday night Driver D[?]ci[?], who was in charge of the 10.45 p.m. train from Melbourne to Port Melbourne, reported at the Montague station that about 100 yards from the…
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The inquest on the bodies of the engine driver, Oates and the fireman Ferguson, who were killed in the Junee railway accident was held at…
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There were many narrow escapes and instances of persons being very slightly hurt, but the following were those who were taken to the Melbourne Hospital :—The man whose…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Origin of Champagne. The Discovery of the Effervescent Beverage Purely Accidental
Champagne was discovered or invented by accident, like so many other things, says a writer in an exchange. About, 1663 one Perignon was cellarer in a Benedictine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Railway Accident at Sandhurst
A shocking accident occurred at Golden square on Saturday night. The last passenger train for Melbourne was just moving out of Golden-square station alter di[?]charging its…
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