Painful Accident
Augustus Kellehear, a goods-shed porter at the Wagga railway station, met with a painful accident at the trucking yards on Friday morning, whilst engaged loading a number of…
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The Fatal Riding Accident at Tallangatta. Magisterial Inquiry
Mr. J. Rowan, P.M, district coroner, on Thursday, 21st alt., held an inquiry touching the death of a young man named Patrick Arundel, who met with a shocking…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →THE R.M.S. Oroya. Aground Near Naples. Three Sailors Drowned. London, March 4
The Orient Company's Royal Mail Steamer Oroya which left London on February 22 for Australia has gone ashore in the Buy of Naples. It is however hoped that she will…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Terrible Railway Accident. a Train Derailed. 130 Dead Bodies Recovered. London, March 3
A fearful railway accident has occurred in Mexico which was attended by terrible loss of life. A train which was crowded with pilgrims…
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An accident which had a fatal ending occurred on Friday morning on the line near Bomen railway station the victim being a man named Joseph Ferrario employed as a…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Punt Accident
Some excitement was caused at the Tinonee punt one day last week, when Messrs. J. and A. Abbott, of Taree, were taking over a mob of cattle. When In about the centre of the…
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Whilst out shooting in the vicinity of the S[?]oockman’s Reef, Alectown, one day last week, Mr. W. Wright met with a very painful accident. It appears be c[?]m upon a de[?]siting…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Shocking Railway Fatality
A shucking fatality occurred at the Flindersstreet railway station, Melbourne, on Monday afternoon. John Milliard, foreman of the carriage cleaners, was crossing the line when an engine…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Shocking Railway Fatality. a Woman Killed at Kensington
On Wednesday night a train running into the Kensington railway station on the up journey passed over a woman about a quarter of a mile on the Newmarket side of the station…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of the Reina Regente. All on Board Drowned. London, March 19
The fate of the Spanish cruiser Reina Regente, which has been for a long time overdue, and was believed to have foundered with all hands, has at length been…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Disastrous Shipwreck. the British Yeoman Founders in Mid Ocean. Twenty-nine Persons Drowned. London, March 18
The ship British Yeoman, 1898 tons, belonging to the British Ship-owners’ Company Limited, bound from Antwerp to the West Indies, has foundered in…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Original Correspondence. The Coach Accident in the Railway Enclosure. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)
Sir,—As I have heard it rumoured on two different occasions that I jumped off the coach at the time of my late accident at the railway station at the end of August last, I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Buggy Accident
A fatal termination to a recent accident took place at Portland, on Saturday. About a fortnight since Mr. J. Alexander, a well-known [?]ook and station agent, was driving from…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fatal Accident
A very sad and fatal accident occurred on the Humbug Creek, about 1[?] miles from Condobolin, on Friday, the victim being a lad 1[?] years of age, named Fred Stone. The…
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A sad case of drowning has occurred at Yamba. Two men, named Samuel Annear and John Kennedy, agreed to have a swimming match on the inner Bide of the stone…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Shocking Burning Fatality
A little girl, aged 6 years, daughter of Win. H. Lefevre, of Sandy Greek, was playing around an outside fire on Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock, when her clothing became ignited…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Collision with a Lighthouse
The steamer Konoowarra, inward bound from Sydney, while steaming up the west channel of Hobson’s Bay on Friday morning, came in contact with the pile light. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Serious Accident on the Hay Bridge
Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning, a serious accident took place on the Hay Bridge, and although the results were fortunately not fatal, two people, Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extraordinary Railway Accident. Collapse of a Tunnel. London, March 28
An extraordinary railway accident has occurred near Guildford, in Surrey. A tunnel suddenly collapsed, burying a train which was passing through it…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Original Correspondence. The Accident on the Bridge. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)
SIR,—As your report of the above accident, in your issue of March 29th, is so very wide of the mark, and calculated to cause a wrong impression. I would like to correct a…
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