Driving Accidents at Wentworth
Mr. James Bulchin was returning home to Tamworth in a buggy on Saturday night, accompanied by his wife and daughter. When approaching Tucker's Creek Bridge the…
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Railway Accident in Victoria. an Entire Train Off the Rails
The passengers by the 3.35 up train from Portland on Monday evening experienced a sensation which they will not easily forget. The train consisted of the guard's van, a…
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A young man named A. W. Anderson, son of Mr. G. Anderson, of Cudgewa, met with a serious accident at Wabba on Tuesday night. It appears (says the Courier)…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Intercolonial News. an Accident
Anyone passing leisurely along the road midway between Yackandandah and Long Swamp a few days ago would have probably had his attention arrested by a somewhat…
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A shocking burning accident, which resulted fatally, occurred at Glendon, near Singleton. An old identity named Mrs. Horadam, aged 83 years, was sitting in front…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision in Hobson’s Bay
One of those occurrences that are [?] rare, happened on Tuesday in Hobson’s Bay, when the Geelong excursion steamer, Edina, crashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned on His Wedding Day. a Pathetic Case
The death of a young man named John Court, whose body was recovered from the Yarra on Thursday, is invested with an interest more than usually pathetic, seeing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision in Port Phillip. the Edina Sinks the Excelsior
Shortly after half-past 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning a serious collision took place in Port Phillip Bay between the steamers Edina (owned by Messrs, William Howard Smith…
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A painful accident occurred at Portland to a youth about 16 years of ago, named George Jenkins. He was chopping wood when the axe glanced off and struck him with the edge…
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In the midst of the dense fog which prevailed over Port Phillip on Tuesday afternoon, a serious disaster occurred off Point Cook. The well known Geelong traders, Edina, of…
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Mr. Mongan, blacksmith, received a telegram from Yackandanda[?] yesterday morning stating that his brother, Mr. Dan Mongan, ex-president of the shire, had broken both his legs. Mr. Aleck…
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A Nananga (Q.) correspondent, writing to the Wide Bay News, fays:—"Word has been received that Mr. A. S. Graham, the express carrier between here and Esk…
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A Nyngan paper says.—On Monday night, Mr. Dan Long, one of the gangers on the railway line, had a miraculous escape from serious injury and possible death. It…
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A serious railway accident, fortunately unattended with fatal results, occurred on the West Wallsend Cockle Creek line on Wednesday evening last. The train consisted of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Death of the Czar's Brother. Caused by a Bicycle Accident. London, July 14
The recent death of the Grand Duke-George of Russia, only brother of the Czar Niches and heir apparent to the throne, which took place suddenly in the Caucasus…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Serious Disaster. Explosion on a Destroyer. Eight Killed and Six Injured. London, July 22
A serious disaster has occurred on the torpedo boat destroyer Bullfinch, recently built for the British Government by the Earles Shipbuilding Company, Hull…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Struck by Lightning. a Wire Fence the Medium. Three Killed, Twenty Injured. London, July 24
An accident of an extraordinary, if not unprecedented, nature occurred at Berlin on Saturday. A cycling competition was in progress…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Struck by Lightening a Wire Pence the Medium. Three Killed, Twenty Injured. London July 24th
An accident of an extraordinary, if not unprecedented, nature occurred at Berlin on Saturday. A cycling competition was in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Gable News. American Team Strike. Collapse at New York. Outrages at Cleveland. a Car Dynamited, Fourteen Passengers Injured London, July 24
The strike of tramway employees at New York and Brooklyn , which led to serious outrages and many arrests , has collapsed, the men having returned to…
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A shocking mining accident occurred at the White Feather Main Reef, Kanowna (W.A.), on Monday morning. During a change of shift, four men, F. Osmetti, D…
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