Accident
During the Jubilee naval review off Spithead on Saturday last, a serious accident occurred on board the gunboat Kite. A cartridge exploded,…
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Accidents, 1887
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THIS is how it happened: I was busy about the tea, Theo sun had set, and the men done work, and would soon be home, you see;…
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A fire broke out in the 1500ft. level of Could and Carey mine, Comstock lode, Virginia city; 15 miners were imprisoned, and perished…
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Michael Quinlan appeared at the Melbourne City Court on Thursday, charged with the wilful murder of his wife. Accused stated than the woman's…
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AN inquest was held yesterday at Sir Robert Peel Hotel, Waratah, by Mr. G. C. Martin, coroner, into the circumstances of the death of Elsie Simpson,…
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AN inquest was held at Greta on Monday, by Mr. A. Vindin, coroner, into the circumstances of the death of David Kennedy, 93 years of age, a…
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ABOUT 7 o'clock last evening, as a tram was proceeding towards the city terminus from Plattsburg, when near the Adamstown road the combination motor and car, with another…
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Revd. Arthur Newcombe has been drowned while bathing at Scarborough…
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William Stone, carrier, was killed near Georgetown (Q.) by a sapling, which fell on his head. A BIG PRIZE-TAKER…
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ABOUT 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon the mail train which left Gosford at 2.50 p.m. for Newcastle run off the line near Awaba station, 18 miles from this city, and a very…
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HAMILTON GIDRON HUGGART, a farmer living at Thornford, near Goulburn, was thrown from, or fell off, his horse near the Yass and Collector Inn, about seven miles from town,…
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A COLLISION occurred this morning off the Victorian coast, between the ships Persian Empire, 1532 tons, and the Victoria Regina, 1842 tons. Both…
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THE ships Persian Empire and Victoria, Regina, both bound for Newcastle, came into collision on Tuesday, six miles west of Hogan Island. They passed through Port…
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SUB-INSPECTOR BRENNAN, Of Newcastle, received information yesterday afternoon that a man, named Douglas, had been drowned at Lake Macquarie. It appears that the…
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Two jockeys were injured at the Elsternwick races, on Saturday afternoon. Repose fell and broke her neck over the first jump in the Hurdle…
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The ship Persian Empire has been inspected on behalf of the owners for the purpose of ascertaining the damage done through the collision with the Victoria Regina on Tuesday afternoon. It was…
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A fatal yachting accident has occurred off Ilfracombe, in Cornwall, A yacht capsized during as sudden squall, and 15 persons were drowned…
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A SHOCKING accident occurred at the Manchester Exhibition recently. Amongst the prominent exhibits in the Irish section are a number of granite tablets, crosses, obelisks and…
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A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at Racknell's Belmont Hotel, Lake Macquarie, on Tuesday, before Mr. G. C. Martin,. J.P., touching the death of…
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YESTERDAY'S Herald states:—Mr. W. Smyth, chief tide surveyor of her Majesty's Customs at this port, together with his boat's crew, had a very narrow escape yesterday…
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