Fatal Railway Accident at Wallerawang
WALLERWANG, Tuesday.—A shunter names Loverose, was knocked under a waggon at Wallerawang, yesterday and the wheels passed over him, killing him on…
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Accidents, 1884
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Railway Collision with a Funeral Train. Shocking and Harrowing Spectacle
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A goods trdin ran into a hearse carriage near Rookwood Station to-day. The carriage was knocked to pieces, two files were thrown out, and the…
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BRISBANE Wednesday,—The St. Helena wars lying in Moreton Bay yesterday when twenty-one cattle were blown into the sea and were drowned…
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DR. ASHE has courteously sent as the rules adopted in the Royal Humane Society's system of restoring the apparently drowned, and as drowning accidents are very prevalent in Newcastle we publish them…
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SYDNEY, Friday,—A seaman named Joe Thomas, aged 50, fell from the ship Western Monarch into the harbour, and was drowned…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Three men, named Robert Wann, Daniel Wann, and Louis Cornish, had a marvellous escape from drowning on Thursday night. They had…
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A TELEGRAM in the S.M. Herald from Adelaide has the following starting particulars regarding the accident on the barque Chittoor:—The barque Chittoor,…
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ON Saturday, shortly after dinner hour, a mishap happened to a finely-built young fellow, named William Beecher, near Honeysuckle Point Railway Station…
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WAGGA, Saturday.—A young man named Seckold was attending to a threshing machine, when his arm became entangled in the belt, and was torn down…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday.—The steamer City of Columbia, trading between Boston and Savannah, has been wrecked of Charleston, and 120 persons have been…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Admiral, when approaching the jetty at Circular Quay, met with an accident through her reversing gear refusing to act. She crushed…
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A FATAL accident happened, on Saturday, to a man nagled Joseph Ellis engineer, at messrs Britten and Bolton's four mill, Tamworth. He was repairing a…
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WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday. 10 p.m.—At 12.30 a.m. to-day, a dreadful calamity from fire occurred in Mr. Richard Marahall's Premises, Ward-street, off High-street. The…
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The following is a more detailed account than has appeared by telegraph of the extraordinary accident which happened to the steamer Admiral on Sunday afternoon at the Circular…
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MR. W. J. WILSON, lessee of the Sydney Opera House, who is at present in Newcstle arranging for Mr. George Darrell's season at the Victoria Theatre, had a…
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WELLINGTON, Wednesday.—A railway accident occurred at Wellington to day. The 2 o'clock down-train was late, and two engines moved to the tanks to take water,…
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MAITLAND, Wednesday.—Violet and Thomas Marshall, the victims of yesterday's fire died to-day; Violet at 10 o'clock and Thomas at 4…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A collision took place yesterday between two railway trains on the Ballarat and Warrenhepe line. The two engines were much damaged, and…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. W. Wilson, lessee of the Opera House, who was thrown from his buggy at Plattsburg, is progressing favourably, and will arrive at Newcastle…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man, name unknown, has been found dead in the Picton Railway tunnel. His arms and legs were severed from his body, and it is supposed…
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