Terrible Accident in New York
A FRIGHTFUL accident occurred recently on the Elevated Railway in Third-avenue. A fire near the line had stopped all the trains, which stood…
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Accidents, 1887
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 12
Serious Vehicle Accident
ON Saturday night an accident occurred which was attended with serious circumstances. A hired vehicle was coming from Mount Tamar to Bathurst, there being in the vehicle 11…
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A SHOCKING fatality occurred at about 10 o'clock on Tuesday night on the Leichhardt tram line, some 30 yards or 40 yards from the Marion-street stopping-place, in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision at Sea. a Steamer Sunk. Brisbane
THE British-India steamer Dorunda from London arrived a Cooktown yesterday, and brings news of a terrible shipping catastrophe on the…
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Some [?] excitement was occasioned at the Robertson [?] Basin, Kiama, on Thursday forenoon through a [?] collision between the steamers [?] Illawarra. The Illawarra was…
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A distressing accident, which resulted in the death of a little boy named Francis Parkinson, occurred on Saturday evening. While playing…
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An inquest was recently held at Gravesend on the body of a Swede, named Franz Thedore Drischel, who died at the Graves and Hospital, where…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plattsburg. Death by Drowning
A fatal accident occurred yesterday between 1 and 2 o'clock, p.m., to a little boy between two and three years of age, son of Mr. Benjamin Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News. Wallsend Death by Drowning
AN inquest was held to-day by the District Coroner (Mr. Martin), at Mr. Lorey's Great Northern Hotel, Plattsburg, touching the death of a little…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →INQUESTS. Fatal Accident at Islington
MR. G. C. MARTIN, the district coroner, held an inquiry at the Islington Hotel, Islington, yesterday afternoon into the cause of death of William Parr,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Sad Accident
Mr. Rocke, of the firm of Rocke, Tompsitt, and Co., fell from the balcony of Petty's Hotel, and was killed…
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AMONG the passengers by the express train were Mr. B. Speight, chairman of the Railway Commission, and one of his colleagues, Mr. W. H. Greene. Both were in the…
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FOLLOWING is the report of Mr. Lorimer, who is in charge of the Westinghouse brake:—"The reason the ordinary train was not able to start…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. ACCIDENTS
THE man killed by the tramway has been identified as James O'Mara lately employed at Fallon's wine cellars. By a buggy accident at North Shore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Sydney Cove
A collision occurred about 6.30 p.m. on Friday, in Sydney Cove, almost abreast of the Orient Co.'s jetty, between the steamers Leveret and Gensita. The Genista was bound from the Cove to Watson's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Born to Be Drowned. Chapter I. What Came in the Storm
SIR DAVENPORT LOCKSLEY was a man of some five-and-forty years. His hair had become frosted with the winters of the mind rather than the…
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I MUST pass over eighteen years. At Locksley Hall itself, and its neighbourhood, great changes had taken place…
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IT was about a week after the robbery at the Hall—the perpetrator of which had not been as yet discovered, or even suspected—when Sir Davenport…
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MARY gazed at her lover in complete astonishment as he uttered these words. 'What is the matter, Ivan,' she…
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A SAD accident occurred at Islington junction of the Government railway yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock, when an infant son of Mr. Fennell, son-in-law of Mr. Reay,…
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