Fatal Accident to a Jockey
AN accident, which terminated fatally, occurred during the running of the Hurdle Race at Canterbury Park races on Wednesday. Among the…
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Accidents, 1888
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Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Fatal Gas Accident.—three Men Suffocated
Three young men, sleeping in a room at Melbourne, have been found dead in bed, suffocated by an escape of gas…
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Seven volunteers, bathing at Cardiff, were carried out to sea. None of the bodies have been recovered…
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A SAD accident occurred in Deanside-street, Glasgow. John Riddell, slater, residing in Macfarlane-street, and Thomas Anderson, slater, residing at…
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The schooner Ocean Rover, which arrived here on Thursday night from Circular Head (says Saturday's S.D. Telegraph), had a narrow escape from being run down whilst beating up the harbour…
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A MAN named Dennis Delay has been accidentally killed at Gordon. The deceased, who was 37 years of age, was a contractor, and lived at Gordon,…
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A FIREMAN named Wilshire, belonging to the steamship Bayley, now berthed at Cowper's Wharf, whilst attempting to go ashore from the vessel, missed…
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THE dead body of a man named George Burney has been found floating in Farm Cove. The deceased, it was stated, had been living with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Cab and Tram Collision
A HORSE attached to a cab came into contact with a travelling motor bound for Leichhardt, when crossing the tram line at the intersection of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Accident to a Mine Manager. SYDNEY
Mr. Charles Harper, manager of the Metropolitan Coal Company, was killed while superintending the removal of a boiler. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents at Goulburn
A CHAPTER of accidents is reported from Goulburn:—Christopher Walker, in company with another man, had loaded a dray with wood, and, while…
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A collision occurred to-day at Hampton Wick, twelve miles from London, between a passenger train and a train of empties. Four…
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AN extraordinary accident (says Mr. Labouchere, in Truth) occurred the other day on board the Dreadnought in Suda Bay, and, among other…
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THE body of the young man, Thomas Tyrell, who disappeared about three weeks ago, and supposed to be drowned, was found this evening…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Skating Accident at Lambton
AT the skating match last night at Lambton between T. Bell and J. M'Lean, Bell fell and broke his wrist. There was great excitement. The hall was crowded, but the…
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The iron barque Abbey Town, 702 tons, of Liverpool, bound to Warrnambool, Victoria, has put into Plymouth seriously damaged, having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Boating Fatality. Drowning of the Captain of the English Football Team at Maitland. West Maitland
A TERRIBLE accident, resulting in the death by drowning of the captain of the English football team, took place this afternoon, in the Hunter River,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[By Wire From the Sydney Papers.] London, Tuesday. Collision in the Channel
The steamer Bosphorus, from Newcastle-on-Tyne, collided in the English Channel with the iron barque Abbey Town, bound for Warrnambool,…
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Three lady English tourists have been drowned in the Lake of Geneva…
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By an accident on the Erie railway it is stated that 40 persons have been injured, and a number of blood horses valued at £40,000, the property of…
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