The Late Fatal Accident at Redfern
SYDNEY, Friday.—The inquest on Frederick William Fletcher, whose death was caused by an accident to a train at Redfern, resulted in a verdict to the effect…
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Accidents, 1884
479 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 24
Original Correspondence. the Late Collision in the Harbour. To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate
SIR,—With regard the late collision which took place between the Government punt being towed by the steamer Ajax, and the barque Prospector, which was sunk at the…
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NEW YORK, Monday.—A railway accident has occurred in America, in which several Australians, including Judge Dowling and Mr. Syme, of the Melbourne Age;…
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ON Friday evening (says the Mercury) a sad accident happened to Matthew James Hall, aged forty-eight years, carrier, residing Four-Mile Creek, which unhappily…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A shocking boiler explosion occurred yesterday morning at Ballarat, at the chaff cutting works of Mr. G. Swan, in Skipton-street. The…
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MINMI, Wednesday.—A miner named Reece was hurt to-day in the pit by a fall of coal. He sustained cuts on the head and back, and was severely bruised…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Definite information has at last been received regarding the fate of the steamship State of Florida, whose boats were picked up a few days…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Walter Abbots, the engine-driver who ran a passenger train on the wrong line from Parramatta to Granville, has been committed for trial…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Miss Annie Mayor, the actress, met with a severe accident at Katoomba yesterday, through a fall from her horse…
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MINMI, Saturday.—A man named Allen, at Minmi, badly injured his hand to-day, owing to a gun he had bursting. He was attended by Dr. Ody, and hopes are…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—There were two fatal accidents yesterday. A man named Jansen, who fell from a scaffolding at Lassetter's new building, died in the hospital; and a man…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A serious accident occurred this morning to a stevedore's labourer named John Fales, on the steamer Rockton, at the A.S.N. Company's wharf…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—An accident, which will probably be attended with fatal results, occurred on Friday, on the Illawarra railway line to a youth named Alfred O'Brien…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—An accident happened yesterday to the coach running between Hamilton and the South Australian border. A rein broke and the horses…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A man named Jas, Graham was asleep on Rose, when he fell into the harbour, and was drowned…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A daughter of Judge Forbes was thrown from a cab yesterday, and is much injured…
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A DREADFUL accident happened on the railway line at Cootamundra last Monday, when the fireman of a goods train fell off the front of the engine while the…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A young man named Johnston, while playing in a football ball match, May 10, was kicked on the head. He died in the hospital last night…
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MINMI, Monday.—A nasty accident occurred to-day to a child of Mr. Reuben Davis, by a fall off a gate, His right arm was broken and the scalp taken off,…
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LONDON, Sunday.—At a fire in a coal-pit at Portobello, near Edinburgh, seven miners were suffocated…
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