Dreadful Railway Collision in Victoria
A SERIOUS accident occured on Wednesday evening last to the passenger train from Ballarat and Geelong for Melbourne, between the Little River and Werribee stations. The…
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Accidentaally Shot at a Shooting Gallery
IN our last issue we reported the circumstance that Robert Edwards (better known as "Bob the Soldier) had been accidentally shot by a young man named Joseph Zahner, and that the medical…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The inquest on the youth Fletcher, who was lolled in the railway accident, was resumed this morning and is still unfinished. His brother…
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SYDNEY, Friday Night.âAt the inquest on the youth Fletcher, who was killed at the Redfern station, a verdict of accidental. death was returned, no blame whatever…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamship State of Florida, whose boats were picked up a few days ago, came into collision with a barque, unknown, in mid ocean,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Miss Forbes, daughter of Judge Forbes, and Miss Gore have been thrown out of a cab which came into collision with a spar on the wharf. The…
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SYDNEY, Monday Night—The Hon E. Barton sprained his ankle very severely this morning, and will be unable to take the chair in the Assembly for some time…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. John Carruthers, who was so seriously injured about a fortnight ago, by being thrown from a tram whilst he was alighting, died…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A serious railway accident occurred on the London and South-Western Railway in close proximity to Salisbury. A passenger train ran off…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man named Frank Nicholas accidentally shot his wife on last Tuesday night. It appears that he was employed at a shooting gallery and…
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SYDNEY, Thursday Night.—A railway accident occurred this morning between Bookwood and Homebush, caused by a bullock getting on the line. Two…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A man named Jones, while under the influence of drink, fell into Cook's River, near the railway bridge, on Saturday…
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The P. and O. steamer Indus, on the outward voyage for Sydney, collided with and sank a light ship in the Channel. The Indus, not…
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A jockey, named Burton, was seriously injured at the Caulfield races, last Saturday, through Lesbia falling with him. His skull…
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Whilst George Guilliford, the professional sculler, was loading a dray at Pyrmont quarry a large stone fell from the top of the…
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An Italian named Ariangelo was killed last night at the sewerage works at Bondi. The deceased am another man were tamping a charge,…
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A railway collision occurred on Saturday afternoon. A goods train for Penrith while shunting at Seven Hills collided with a passenger train…
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A labourer named Charles Williams was killed at the railway works at Eveleigh. The deceased, with other men, was removing a large iron girder, when a…
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COBB and Co.'s mail coach from Young to Murrumburrah, with 10 passengers, capsized on Saturday night, owing to one of the wheels…
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A little girl, named Hyslop, died suddenly, yesterday, at her parents' residence, at Redfern, through swallowing four or five wax matches…
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