Fatal Accident
A fatal shooting accident occurred at Rock Forest, about nine miles from Adaminaby, on Sunday last (reports the Cooma Express). The victim, Mr. Wm…
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A Cause of Accidents
Dr. S. T. Knaggs' observations on "human fallibility and its relation to accidents by railway and on sea" have given rise to an interesting discussion in…
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Mr. Frederick Barnard, a London artist, has met with his death by a sad accident. He was smoking in his bedroom, at Wimbledon, when by some means he was set on…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Fatal Boat Accident. Four Lives Lost. London, September 27
Captain Henry B. Lang and three seamen of H.M.S. Narcissus, one of the vessels of the China squadron, have lost their lives by a boat, accident. The vessel was in…
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At Perth, William McPherson, his wife, and two daughters aged nine and five years, were returning from a picnic in a 15ft. dingy which capsized, and all…
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A son of Mr. John McMallen, of Neured near Wellington, while riding was dashed against a tree and killed…
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We regret to announce the death of Mr. Richard Graham, which took place at his residence Sunny Corner, on Monday evening last. From the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Fatality at Sea. Naval Officer and Six Men Drowned. London, October 1
A sad fatality occurred at Alaska, North America. Lieutenant Gerald A. Heyman and six seamen of Her Majesty's cruiser Satellite, one of the vessels on the Pacific…
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The Orange correspondent of the Bathurst Advocate writes:âA shocking accident occurred on Friday to a resident of East Orange named Augustus Ford, a…
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A terrible accident happened on Friday afc Goodya Creek. Mr. E. Mulligan, the contractor, and Messrs. Clarke, R Knox, Mead and P. Knox were mending picks…
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A farmer named Edward Hering met with a sad death while attempting to ca'ch a horse in one of his paddocks at Watchem on Saturday afternoon. He bad got one…
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A sad accident, resulting in the loss of two lives, happened at the Ashton's Reef mine, Blackwood. This company are sinking a new shaft on ground previously…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Singular Accident. a Football Team Struck by Lightning. London, October 12
An extraordinary accident occurred at Liverpool to-day. The members of a football team were struck by lightning, will the result that one of the players was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Accident at Shepparton
As His Excellency the Governor was leaving the Shepparton railway station, after visiting the show on 8th inst., a horse and dogcart, belonging to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Drowning Case
The body of a man named William Parrish was found in the Murrumbidgee River on Saturday last by Michael Miller, a fisherman. The deceased had been drinking heavily in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Nine Killed, Twenty Injured. London, October 26
A terrible railway collision has occurred near St. Louis, in the United States. Two trains came into collision, with the result that several carriages were wrecked, nine…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Accident in a Gaol. Five Prisoners Injured. London, October 25
A singular mishap has occurred at the prison at Wandsworth, near London. In consequence of some defect in the apparatus used for heating the building five…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Painful Death of a Teamster. Accident at Mossgiel
The P.M. held an inquiry this morning as to the cause of death of Henry Maffazoni, who was admitted to the Hay Hospital yesterday evening, and died at 3 a.m. to-day…
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A shocking fatality occurred at Esperance on Sunday. A boat containing six men, in charge of second officer Butler, of the Esperance mail packet steamer…
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Mrs. Harry Mackley, a young married woman, 24 years of age, living at Polkemmet, has met a frightful death by burning. She was engaged in baking at an American oven,…
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