Fatality
A wharf labourer named Henry Cartage was killed this morning by a bale of goods whicliswung from the derrick and knocked him down with great force on the wharf,…
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Terrible Collision at Sea
News reached Cooktown by the steamer Dorunda, from London, of a terrible shipping catastrophe, on the night of 29th March, between Formosa Bank and…
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In the case of the girl Evans killed by being run over by a Leichardt tram, a verdict of accidental death was returned…
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Robert Beatty, the well-known steeplechase rider, while opening a bottle of lemonade, received such severe injuries to the right eye, through the bottle…
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A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred last evening, close to Windsor railway station, by reason of a break giving way. The Brighton express left Melbourne 10 j…
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Latest accounts respecting the collision state the number of wounded amount to about 40, but none belong to Sydney, being mostly well-known Melbourne si…
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Further particulars respecting the sinking of the Darling Downs, after her collision with another vessel below the Nore, state that she sank in five fathoms of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dreadful Railway Accident in Victoria. Five Persons Killed.--fifty Injured. Melbourne
ONE of the most shocking disasters that has ever occurred on the Victorian railways took place in a deep cutting nearly midway between the Prahran and Windsor stations, on the…
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A young lady, named Louisa Bell, was thrown out of a buggy whilst driving with another lady along the Lane Cove road, last Saturday, and killed…
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A woman was knocked down by a tram between Market and King streets, last night, and died from the injuries received early this morning. She has been…
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George Strickland while engaged cleaning the points on the railway at Junee, was ran over by some coal trucks which were being shunted. His left leg being…
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A TERRIBLE accident occurred, this morning, on an unopened section of the Fassifern railway. A ballast train dashed into a siding, running against four trucks,…
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A boy named Stores fell off his horse at Tumberumba, yesterday. His foot caught in the stirrup, and he was draggod half a mile. His head was almost torn…
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One hundred and fifty persons have sent in applications for compensation for damages received by the recent railway accident…
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A TERRIBLE accident, attended with fatal results, happened to a man named Michael Purcell, at Guyra, on Saturday night. The unfortunate man, who was a…
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WE are indebted to the courtesy of the local station master, Mr. M. Kenny, for the following particulars in reference to the fatal accident which occurred near Guyra station on Saturday night last…
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A PRIVATE dwelling situated on the river bank, occupied by a man named O'Malley, was burnt last night between 9 and 10 o'clock…
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THE Mayor of this town (Mr. William Knapton) was killed last night. His body was found this morning on the road near the Church of England old parsonage…
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THOMAS Fawcett, a cleaner, who was an eye witness of the catastrophe, gives the following account of it:—" I was standing about 100 yards from the station on…
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All the sufferers in the railway accident are doing well. The girl Hunter, who had her leg amputated yesterday, passed a good night yesterday evening. The…
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