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107 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 6
A fatal boat accident happened in the harbour on Wednesday afternoon. A half-decked sriling-boat called the Tennyson, with a crew of eight young men from Rushcutter’s…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →An accident which, though alarming in its nature, was fortunately unattended with any serious result, occurred to a passenger train at the Sandringham station on the 26th ult. The…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A railway accident, resulting in the death of a Chinese named Lee Bow Ong, a market gardener, living at East Brighton, occurred at about half-past 1 o’clock on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →An extraordinary accident occurred in Lower George-street late this afternoon. A very old and dilapidated building, known as the Volunteer Artillery Hotel, and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →A serious accident has occurred on the river Ohio, in the United States. A bridge over the river was being constructed. Eighteen men were at work in a caisson, when the water…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A railway accident occurred yesterday in the State of Nebraska on the Union Pacific railroad. The train caught fire, and before the fire could be extinguished the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Belgian Government has instituted a fund of 2,000,000 francs, out of which allowances are to be made to workmen in the employ of the Government who are…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A shocking accident which resulted fatally happened at Lancefield on Thursday afternoon last on the farm of Mr. Parkes. The thrashing machine was only started on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A very sad drowning accident occurred at Deniliquin on Saturday afternoon last, by which a young drover named John Ryan lost his life. The deceased, who was on his road…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A terrible fatality has occurred at Washington. The residence of Mr. Benjamin F. Tracy, the Secretary of the Navy, caught fire, and was totally destroyed. Before they could…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →H.M.S. Barracouta, a third class cruiser, 1580 tons, six guns, which was launched at Sheerness on May 16 last year, met with a serious disaster to-day during a trial trip. A…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A terrible accident, having a fatal termination occurred at Nathalia on Tuesday morning to a young man named Henry M’Coy, a son of Mr. M’Coy, of M’Coy's-bridge on the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →On Saturday morning last Mr. E. L. Rowling, coroner, held an inquiry at the Court House, Balranald, touching the death of two lads named Frederick Davenport and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very sad case of drowning took place at Balranald on Friday afternoon. It appears that two boys named Willie Camin and Willie Lynch, aged 12 and 10 years respectively,…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →A terrific hurricane has occured on the coast of China. A thousand Chinese fishing boats were driven out to sea, and 3000 fishermen were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A dam has buret on the River Hassayampa, In the territory of the Arizona, United States. Forty persons have been killed, and the damage is estimated at500,000doL (£100,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A Numurkah telegram says :—" A sad fatal accident occurred at Mundoona on Sunday afternoon, by which the wife of mr. John higg[?], farmer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →News has just been received from Cooktown of a most appalling disaster that baa occurred to the R.M.S. Q [?]etta, one of the line of the British India Steam Navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A serious accident has occurred to the Northern express. As it was nearing Carlisle it collided with an engine that was stationary upon the line. Four of those upon the express…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →At about 7 o'clock on Saturday evening an engine that was driving before it a truck belonging to Mr. Neil M. Neil, the contractor for the Pensburst and Koroit line of railway,…
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