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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

243 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 13

Disastrous Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 2

By a railway collision in Saxony a traits filled with soldiers was completely smashed, 13 being killed and 60 wounded…

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Railway Collision. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 5

BY a railway collision in Saxony a train filled with soldiers was completely smashed and thirteen soldiers killed and sixty injured…

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The Injured Boxer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1895 · page 5

H. PLACKE, who was injured during the glove fight with Barker, is still in a critical and unconscious condition…

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Fatal Accident. [By Telegraph.] Melborune, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1895 · page 5

ON sunday afternoon a fatal accident happened at the sewerage works, Spottishwood, to a young woman named Hannah Maria Guest, aged 23, living with her parents at…

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Gun Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 3

A youth has been shot and seriously injured at Glen Innes while handling a gun he was about 60 purchases in a store…

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Two Sisters Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 5

Two girls named Sarah end Etty Lynn were drowned while bathing, in Willinga Lake at Bowley point, about twenty miles from Miton, on Wendnesday afternoon…

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Accident to Saturday's Mail Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 5

AN exciting and what might have proved a very serious accident occurred to the down Sydney mail train after leaving Warwick on Saturday afternoon (says the Brisbane…

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Two Sisters Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 2

Milton, Wednesday.—Two girls named Sarah and Etty Lynn were drowned while bathing in Willinga Like at Bowley Point, about twenty…

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London. Sunday Fifty Passengers Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 3

A steamer at Cairo collided with a crowded ferry boat, and 50 passengers by the latter were drowned…

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Found Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 5

THE body of an elderly man was found in the Parramatta River yesterday, and has been identified as the body of Peter Bansco, a miner…

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Collision at Watson's Bay. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 5

THE Alameda, timber laden. from Puget Sound, was cut down in Watson's Bay on Sunday morning in a collision with the wool steamer Indrari, outward bound for…

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Last Nights Cables. [Through Our Special Agents.] Collision. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 5

A STRAMER at Cairo collided with [?] crowded ferry boat, and fifty passengers by the latter were drowned…

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Our Wires. a Collision. (Per Greville's Telegram Company) Sydney. Monday, 11.29 a.m. a Private Funeral

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 3

The Hon. E. Combes was buried at Waverley yesterday. In accordance with the express desire of deceased the funeral was strictly private, the members of the family and The ship Alameda, timber laden, from Puget Sound, was cut down in Watson's Bay on Sunday morning in a collision with the wool steamer Inarari, outward bound for…

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Fatal Gun Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 5

PATRICK COSGROVE, a resident of Strathfield, whilst out shooting on Saturday, accidentally fell, causing the contents of the weapon to lodge in his stomach, inflicting…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 3

A young man named Patrick Cosgrove, a resident of Strathfield, whilst out shooting on Saturday, accidentally fell and his gun exploded. The contents of the weapon lodged…

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Two Men Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1895 · page 5

AN accident occurred on board the steamer Waroongo last night, by which Charles Salander and Robert Parkes lost their lives. It appeals that the men were shifting a…

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The Indrani and Alameda Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1895 · page 5

THE Marine Board this afternoon reserved their decision in the Indrani-Alameda collision enquiry…

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Bicycling for Ladies. an Uncomfortable Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1895 · page 6

THE London lady correspondent of the SYDNEY MAIL includes the following item in her budget: If cycling for ladies goes on increasing in popularity…

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Indrani-alameda Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1895 · page 5

The Marine Board, to-day, delivered their decision regarding the collision in Watson's Bay between the steamer Indiani, an American timber-laden ship, and the…

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A Lucky Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1895 · page 4

One day in a crowded suburban thoroughfare the perambulator in which a child was being wheeled was upset, and its youthful occupant rendered unconscious. A crowd collected…

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