Alarming Accident on the Zigzag
NEWS from Lithgow states that the Great Zigzag has been again the scene of a railway accident, which was fortunately unattended by loss of life. A mixed train travelling…
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Accidents, 1892
596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 30
Fatal Accident at Lewisham
GEORGE AUGUSTUS KANE met his death near Lewisham railway platform on Thursday afternoon. He was working on the line at the new bridge when he saw two trains…
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ON Saturday evening, shortly after 11 o'clock, a goods train from Sydney ran over a man near the Cardiff station. The driver of the engine states that he saw the man for…
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A LITTLE girl, named Samuels, about six years of age, living at Toronto, met with a severe accident whilst out playing with other children last Saturday morning. The child…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coach Accident. The Horses Become Unmanageable. STROUD
THE coach conveying the mails and passengers to Stroud and Gloucester met with an accident about two miles from Stroud. Whilst descending a steep hill the horses…
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MR. GEORGE C. MARTIN, district coroner, held an inquest at the Clarendon Hotel, Hunter-street West, at 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon, on the body of Andrew M'Kenzie,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Row in a Bondi Hotel. a Man and Woman Injured. a Cabby Loses His Cab. SYDNEY
A HOTEL at Bondi was the scene of a row between several women and two or three men. This afternoon they were in the parlour drinking when a dispute arose, and Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident at Manly. Mr. Thomas Toohey Falls Over the Cliff. SYDNEY
MR. THOMAS TOOHEY, residing at Camperdown, had a terrible fall at the Fairy Bower, Manly, to-day. He fell over the cliff, a distance of 40 feet. When picked up, he…
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LONDON, Monday.—The steamer Culgoa, of Lund's Blue Anchor line, which had left London for Sydney, has put back damaged and leaky, having come into collision with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. Fatal Collision
A boy named Hickson was killed at Alpha through riding against a tree. DROWNED AT KANGAROO POINT. John Crawford, the son of an old resident,…
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The steamer Culgoa, one of Mr. Lund's Australian line, which had left London for Sydney, has put back damaged and leaky, having come into collision with another vessel in the Channel. It is…
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Yesterday, between 1 and 2 o'clock a sad case occurred at the Old Racecourse, whereby a little girl, aged eight years, daughter of Mr. Peter M'Dade, lost her life…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Accident at the Dudley Mine
CHARLES PALMER, 22, a miner, while occupied in the Dudley mine yesterday met with a painful accident. While working a quantity of coal fell on him, and he sustained a…
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A fatal accident occurred on the Eastern Railway. While a train was crossing the North Fremantle bridge a railway employee named Hy. Wright fell off. The wheels…
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MR. G. C. MARTIN, district coroner, hold an inquest at the Beach Hotel, Merewether, at half-past 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening, on the body of the little girl Mary M'Dade,…
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CONSIDERABLE anxiety is occasioned the water-police on the wharves by the foolishness of persons who persist in endeavouring to board-ferry boats when in motion, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Collision Near Queenscliff. Sinking of the Steame[?] Bellinger. MELBOURNE
THE tug Racer arrived in Hobson's Bay this morning with the disabled barque Presto, engaged in the New Zealand trade. The latter had on board passengers from Strahan,…
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MR G. C. MARTIN, District Coroner, held an inquest at the Clarendon Hotel, Hunter-street West, at half-past 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon, on the body of Alexander Bailey, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. Drowned While Duck Shooting
Percy Harvey, a clerk at the Rockhampton post-office, whilst shooting wild duck, was drowned in a lagoon while attempting to recover his victims…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidental Shooting. a Boy Shot by a Woman. MELBOURNE
NELLIE HARRISON, 24, this afternoon, accidentally shot a lad in a shooting gallery in the Eastern Arcade, the bullet going through part of the head, inflicting a serious wound…
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