Accident to a Balloon
A few evenings ago at St. Quention a balloon, in which a lady named Charly had made an ascent, struck the roof of the belfry on the Bourse…
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Found Drowned
The body of Arthur Livingston was found in the harbor yesterday. Deceased had only lately arrived from New Zealand. Among his effects found at the Coffee Palace was a…
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THE body of Arthur Livingstone was found in the harbour yesterday. The deceased had only lately arrived from New Zealand, and among his effects…
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LAST night a jockey named Joseph Daley was injured on the tram line at Randwick. Whilst in the act of alighting the motor of another tram car knocked him down…
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WHILE watching some tree felling on Saturday, at Albury, a boy named William Young was struck by a falling branch and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne. Fatal Cycling Accident
A young man named Robertson, aged nineteen, was killed in a cyclist road race, on Bulla Road, on Saturday. His machine suddenly collapsed, and he was pitched with great…
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WITH regard to the shocking accident at the Armidale Railway Station on Wednesday night, reported in our last issue, the Express supplies the following fuller particulars:--It appears that Mr…
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A SERIOUS tram accident happened at 7 o'clock on Sunday evening. It appears that three trams were following each other in Oxford-street,…
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A serious tram accident occurred at seven o'clock on Sunday evening. Three trams were following each other in Oxford street, Paddington, and when at the foot of Barrack…
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Forty persons were killed and sixly injured by a railway collision at Geoentolte, Denmark…
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ROBERT WHITE, while propelling a railway trolly last evening, near Tarago, fell off and the trolly passed over him, seriously injuring his head and body, necessitating…
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OUR forefathers had a playful plan of despatching both guilty and innocent by pouring melted lead down their throats. It would, however, scarcely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Monday, 3.23 P.m. Accident to a Steamer
The overdue steamer Tanais, from Noumea to Sydney, put into Brisbane this morning with a broken shaft and short of provisions…
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SHORTLY before noon to-day Lady Brassey, accompanied by the Honorable Dorothy Brand, was driving in a carriage in Elizabeth-street, when a horse attached to a cart…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Thursday, 3.45 p.m. Fatal Mining Accident
At the Stockton colliery this morning a miner named William Hughes was entombed by a fall of stone. The body was under a huge mass of stone and eebris, and a rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last Night's News. [Through Our Special Agents.] [By Telegraph.] Railway Fatality. Sydney, Monday Night
A LAD named William Blanche, who was ran over by a train at Honeysuckle Point on Friday, died in the Newcastle Hospital this morning…
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AT the Central Boulder mine, Kalgoorlie, yesterday, three men were overcome by dynamite fames, and when rescued were in a critical condition…
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THE Mines Accidents Commission finished its sittings at Broken Hill on Saturday. Mr. James Hebbard, Government Mining Inspector, was the last witness examined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. The Weather. Slight Floods. Boats Ashore. a Boy Drowned
The wet spell which extended over almost the entire colony continued last night. Most stationS to-day report a resumption of fine weather…
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GEORGE KEARSLEY, who was injured at the Petersham Railway Station by jumping out of the train whilst in motion, and who had his leg cut off, died yesterday…
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