Fatal Accident
We regret to learn that Elijah Pratten, 14 years of age, of Wellsend, succumbed yesterday to the effects of injuries caused by a kick from a horse at…
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Accidents, 1888
256 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 13
Terrible Railway Accident
A DISASTROUS collision occurred on the London and South-Western Railway at Hampton Wick Station about midnight on Bank Holiday. The train from Waterloo,…
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THE lugger Seagull, of Lowestoft, went down off Scarborough, and her crow, nine in number, were drowned. The captain of a smack which arrived in…
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Shortly after 9 o'clock on Saturday morning the township was thrown into a state of excitement by the news that a son of Mr. J. Palmer, butcher,…
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A train, conveying 1500 German soldiers, ran off the line at Werbig, and was upset. The soldiers escaped with slight injuries…
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A great sensation was caused in the metropolis when the news spread that the daughters of the Prince and Princess of Wales had met with Ran…
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WHAT might have been a very serious accident took place on the Hamilton-road yesterday morning. Mr. Henry Tuckwell, baker, residing in…
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ANNIE THOMPSON, daughter of Mr. J. Thompson, of the Glebe, aged 9 years, met with a most painful, and what is feared will prove fatal, accident…
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Mr. Gillam, one of the owners of the owners of the barque Lois, yesterday received a cable from Messrs. Nicoll Bros., of the Bluff, stating that Captain Richards had…
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A TERRIBLE fatal accident has occurred here, says the Muswellbrook correspondent of the Maitland Mercury. While driving through Bridge-street…
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A sad case of drowning occurred at Cowper on Monday night (says the C. &. R. Examiner). A young woman named Alice Sutton, 17 years of age…
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THE Emperor Francis Joseph I. of Austria, while attending an artillery practice, narrowly escaped being shot. When the bugle sounded the "cease…
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AN accident, resulting in the death of a young man named Richard Bate (son of Mr. W. K. Bate, of Wollongong), occurred, says the Illawarra…
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A serious gun accident has occurred on board H.M.S. Caroline, in command of Captain Sir William Wiseman. The blue jackets were being…
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A FATAL balloon accident occurred at Bishop's Wickham, near Witham, Essex, on the evening of the 27th instant. The balloon ascended from…
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SIR,—Having seen a statement in yesterday's issue of the Herald of a supposed drowning case, I would like to tell you the man Thomas was not…
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SHORTLY after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon it was reported to the police that at seaman belonging to the German barque Margaretha, whose name has not yet been ascertained,…
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DR. LOGGAN KNOYDART and the Rev. Mr. M'Elvin, the resident priest, were fishing on Loch Nevis, Scotland, recently, and when on their way home…
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A STILL more astonishing phase of the extraordinary cab accident at Toorak was revealed on Monday morning (says the Age) shortly after the police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New York, October 10. Fearful Accident in Illinois
Further particulars regarding the accident which took place at Quincy, in the State of Illinois, a day or two ago, when the grand-stand collapsed…
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