Serious Accident
Two men named George Paton and C. Thomas fell from a scaffolding at a bridge over Darling Harbour railway station, on Saturday, and sustained severe injuries…
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Fatal Accident in the Harbour Sydney
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PEOPLE had scarcely ceased to congratulate one another on the paucity of fatalities in connection with the recent railway accident on the main line (says a cablegram to the News), than…
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An accident happened on the railway line to-day, between North Goulburn platform and the viaduct over Mulwaree River. The goods train coming into Goulburn…
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A seaman named Olsen, belonging to the steamer Woonona, whilst on duty last night as watchman, fell into the harbour and was drowned…
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The Queen has sent a telegram enquiring into the condition of those injured in the railway accident at Portsmouth. Captain Blackshaw, of the Australian…
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A man named Alfred Cook fell down a shaft 700feet in a silver mine at Ravenswood, Queensland. His head, legs, and arms were severed from his body…
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An engine driver named Daniel Beaton while stepping on his engine, near Mittagong, yesterday, slipped, and the wheel went over his foot, which has since been…
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The fatal accidents to tram passengers for the last year were two, being an average of one to every 20,000,000 passengers' fares collected…
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A serious disaster has occurred at Mandalay. A dam in the vicinity of the city burst, and the water overwhelmed many houses. 1000 persons were drowned…
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A little girl named [?]uther Bell, three years of age, was burnt to death at her parents residence, Balmain. The calam- ity was caused by the overturning of a…
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The body of Joseph Bea[?]mont, late of the firm of Matthew Bea[?]mont and Spiers, boot importers was fouhd in a bay near St. Kilda. He attended the races…
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The jockey O'Brien is now much better and considered out of danger…
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A shearer named John Marshall was drowned while attempting to cross Old Man Creek, near Wagga Wagga. [Lodged 5.50; received 7.5.]…
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A FIREMAN named Martin Moore was ran over by an engine at Penrith railway station on Thursday, and had both his legs nearly cut off close to the thighs…
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Christian Stensen Wilson, a sailor on the barque Rapid, from New Zealand, fell overboard while intoxicated, and was drowned…
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Three children in the family of William Turner, butcher, at Fairfield, were drowned in a dam whilst getting water. One child fell in, and the other two, aged…
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A fatal tram accident occurred early this morning, when a man named Henry Perry, a stonemason, proceeding to his work, was knocked down by a tram motor…
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A carpenter named Andrew Cameron was killed to-day through falling from the new building of the Town Hall…
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One of the surfacemen working on the railway below Lindern, near Selkirk, was lately proceeding to his work by the side of the river…
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