Shocking Railway Accident in Canada. Eighteen Passengers Burned to Death. London, April 29
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 18
A shocking railway accident has occurred at Hamilton, Ontario. The train caught fire, and 18 passengers were burned to cinders, 12 others being more or less injured…
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The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 2
Word was received in town yesterday that a serious accident had happened to the train which left Narandera for Jerilderie on Sunday afternoon. Information available on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Railway Accident. SYDNEY
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 2
Information was received by the railway authorities here this evening that a serious railway accident had occurred about six miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Shooting Fatality
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 16
A Bad shooting fatality occurred between the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon, when a young man named William James Gannon, but known as William White, was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Accident at a Display of Fireworks. Several Hundred Persons Injured. London, May 2
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 18
During a display of fireworks at Chicago yesterday a rocket was accidentally discharged into the crowd of spectators. Several hundred persons were severely burned or injured by…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Serious Railway Accident Near Narandera. Portion of an Embankment Washed Away. Six Passengers Injured. Sydney
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 19
Information was received by the railway authorities here this evening that a serious railway accident had occurred about six miles from Narandera, on the branch line from…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Origin of Champagne. The Discovery of the Effervescent Beverage Purely Accidental
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 May 1889 · page 2
Champagne was discovered or invented by accident, like so many other things, says a writer in an exchange. About, 1663 one Perig[?]on was cellarer in a Benedictine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at the Philippine Islands. Sixty-six Lives Lost. London, May 12
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 18
A terrible collision is reported to have occurred off the Philippine Islands, in which the steamer Maridando (]), which had a large number of passengers on board, was sunk, and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Great Colliery Strike in Germany. Collision with the Military. London, May 8
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 18
Forty thousand men employed in the coal mines of Westphalia, in Prussia, are now on strike. Serious disturbances have occurred, and it has been found necessary to call out the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Railway Accident in Victoria
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 2
A railway accident of a serious character took place on Friday afternoon near North Melbourne Shortly after three o'clock a message arrived at Spencer street station to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Railway Accident
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 May 1889 · page 4
An accident of a very serious nature happened to the 2.15 p.m. up passenger train from Williamstown to Melbourne on Friday last by which one person was fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fatality at the Francis Ormond Mine
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 27
A. double funeral of the miners Dennis and O'Connor, the victims of the flood waters in the Francis Ormond Company's mine, Chewton, took place on Friday. All…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Narrow Escape From a Railway Accident
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 27
A narrow escape from an accident happened on the St. James's railway line on Tuesday night. A train left Benalla for Yarrawonga at 10 minutes to 9 o'clock, and had proceeded to…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Terrible Shipping Disaster. Several French Fishing Boats Lost. 175 Persons Drowned. London, May 24
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1889 · page 18
Several French fishing boats engaged in the Newfoundland fisheries have been lost at sea, and the whole of the persons on board, numbering 175, drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Accident to Mr. Gladstone. London, May 25
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1889 · page 18
Mr. Gladstone was knocked down by a cab in Piccadilly yesterday. He was shaken, but was otherwise uninjured…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Alarming Railway Accident Near Sydney
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1889 · page 19
A serious accident happened to the mail train from Sydney and Newcastle to Brisbane, near Muswellbrook, on Tuesday. The train, which had been detained at Newcastle, did not…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Serious Accident to the Mayor of Talbot
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1889 · page 15
A very serious accident occurred at noon on Tuesday by which Mr. G. T. Arderson, J.P., mayor of Talbot, sustained i[?]juries which, it is feared, may result fatally. He had arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Another Serious Railway Accident. Thirteen Passengers Seriously Injured
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1889 · page 20
The occurrence of two serious accidents within a fortnight is a sufficiently sensational record to alarm the public accustomed to travel upon our railway lines. With the details of the alarming…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Disastrous Railway Accident in America. Albany, Sunday. By the arrival of the Orient R.M.S. Liguria we (Argus) have received the following:— London, May 3
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 4
A terrible railway accident occurred on the Grand Trunk Line, at Hamilton, Ontario, on Sunday, April 28. The fast express train from Chicago, bearing over 150 visitors to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Railway Accident in America. Albany
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 June 1889 · page 4
By the arrival of the Orient R.M.S. Liguria we (Argus) have received the following:—LONDON, May 3…
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