Fatal Railway Collision
LONDON, December 10.—A railway accident, attended with fatal results, occurred to-day on the North London Railway, at Canonbury station, where three trains came…
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Accidents, 1881
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An Accomplished Actress Drowned
INTELLIGENCE has been received in Melbourne to the effect that Miss Ada Lester, an accomplished and charming young actress, who was tolerably well known on…
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A PAINFUL accident to a Newcastle resident happened on Tuesday. Mr. W. Palmer, gasfitter, etc., of Lower King-street, while engaged working on one of…
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A FEW weeks ago (says the Illawarra Mercury) Mr. Charles Ressell, a resident of Wollongong, and who was employed as blacksmith in connection with the…
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OUR Maitland correspondent writes that, on Saturday evening, as Mr. Daniel Carmody, of Nelson's Plains, was proceeding up High street, West Maitland, on…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a plucky rescue from drowning was made on the beach, at the rear of the Hospital. Two boys, named Wrigley and Tarrant (the former a son of…
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ON Saturday evening as Mr. Brown (of the firm Brown and Goodsir) was returning to his house at Lake Macquarie, the wheel of his buggy got into a deep rut, causing the…
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ON Saturday a well-known and much esteemed Maitland resident—Mr. Stanislaus, of Messrs. Cohen and Co.'s—met with a sad death while bathing in the Hunter…
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A NARROW escape from a more serious accident than actually occurred took place in the middle of high bridge midway between Wallsend and Dark Creek, yesterday…
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INFORMATION reached Newcastle yesterday of a supposed case of double drowning at Port Stephens, which occurred on Sunday. Those who it is feared have been drowned…
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On Monday night, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a collision occurred in Sydney Harbour, which happily ended in no further damage than that of smashing in the side of a schooner. It…
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Telegram dated Melbourne, Sunday, to the S. M. Herald, says:—At 2 o'clock this morning a collision occurred between the steamer Julia Percy, bound from Melbourne to…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—William Lloyd, 54 years of age, who was admitted to the Infirmary on the 6th instant, suffering from a severe injury to the spine, which…
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A CORRESPONDENT, writing under date December 28, says:—An opportunity showed itself yesterday, by which an old resident of Newcastle, Mr. Fred Fligg (but now in…
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