The Accident to the Steamer Cheviot. Melbourne
THE steamer Cheviot, which Adelaids, shaft while on her voyage to [?]rday was towed into the bay yes[?] morning. The accident, w[?]…
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Accidents, 1887
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 12
Melancholy Accident at Sea. The Second Officer Drowned
DURING the voyage of the barque Melanesia, which arrived here yesterday afternoon from Melbourne, a melancholy accident occurred, whereby…
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The Northern Territory Times has the following:—The inquest upon the body of James Keenan, why was accidentally poisoned at Rum Jungle, was…
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ON Sunday evening recently a meeting of the Rotherham Literary Book Society was arranged to be held at the Aldwarke Main Colliery, belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Accident at Tighe's Hill. Three Boys Drowned
SHORTLY after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon one of the saddest accidents which has occurred for some time in the district took place at Tighe's Hill resulting in the…
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ON Saturday morning an inquest was held before Mr. A. Vindin, J.P., Coroner, on the circumstances attending the deaths of Richard Pickavance,…
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A SERIOUS accident befell Mr. Allnutt, clerk of Petty Sessions in Quirindi, on Saturday morning. While driving into town, accompanied by his two young daughters and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in the Harbour. An Apprentice Falls Overboard
DURING the voyage of the barque Melanesia from Melbourne, the second mate, William M'Cracken, was washed overboard during a strong gale and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alarming Railway Accident
THE S.M. Herald states that on Sunday morning a passenger train—consisting of five American carriages and one ordinary guard's van—left Ashfield,…
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A fatal drowning accident happened here yesterday evening about half-past 5 o'clock. It appears that the deceased, a lad about 10 years…
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ON Saturday morning, at an early hour, Constables Meard and Olsen discovered the body of a man lying near the steps at the upper portion of the dyke, and immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Painful Accident
ON Saturday morning a painful accident happened to Mr. Geo. Allen, who is employed in Mr. J. Ash's timber yard, Blane street. He was working a variety…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Collision at Sea. 365 Immigrants Drowned. LONDON
INTELLIGENCE has just been received from Bahia that Messrs. Trinder, Anderson, and Co.'s ship Kapanda, 1095 tons, from London December…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident in the A.a. Co.'s Pit
A VERY serious accident happened yesterday in the above colliery to a miner named James Stewart, residing at Adamstown. The unfortunate man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning Accident. TAMWORTH
ALBERT KING, a son of Thomas King, proprietor of the Royal Hotel here, was drowned while bathing in the River Peel this afternoon. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Collision in the Tagus
A SERIOUS collision happened in the Tagus on December 24 between H.M.S. Sultan and the steamer Ville de Victoria, which was about to sail…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New York, Sunday. Fearful Railway Accident
News of a terrible railway accident has just been received. An express train from Boston for Montreal yesterday left the rails while crossing a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Accident in America
Further particulars have been received of the terrible railway accident to the express train from Boston for Montreal, which loft the rails while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Drowning Accident
ON Wednesday evening a young man, 18 years of age, named Fuller, while crossing on the punt at the Back Channel, near Mosquite Island, to the Sandgate side, took a…
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AN inquest was held at the Soudan Hotel, Lower George-street, Sydney, by Mr. H. Shiell, concerning the death of a married man named William Lloyd, who was found…
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