Double Drowning Fatality. Sydney
A PARTY of telegraph messengers from the head office visited Sans Souci to-day to play a cricket match—night messengers against day messengers. The party comprised about…
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Accidents, 1895
458 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 23
S.s. Port Pirie in Collision
The following report, dated East Greenwich, Dec. 30, is to hand:—"As steamer Port Pirie was proceeding down the river she collided with schooner Mary and Annie, of Perth, coal laden, lying at anchor at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Total Wreck of the Sarah S. Ridgway. Three of the Crew Drowned Survivors Landed at Bundaberg. Five Days in the Boats
WORD was received in the city yesterday evening of the loss of the American barque Sarah S. Ridgway, which loft this port on the 12th ultimo for Singapore with a cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident on the Railway. a Shunter Killed at Strathfield. Sydney
THIS afternoon an accident occurred at Strathfield by which a shunter named John Allen lost his life. The man was engaged shunting a train, and while between two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Glaucus.—shaft Broken
Mr. John Reid, the local agent for Mr. J. Paterson's Melbourne steamers, received a wire yesterday stating that the steamer Glaucus had met with an accident when bound from Melbourne to Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Fatal Railway Accident
THE City Coroner held an inquest to-day on the death of a railway porter named John Allen, who was killed by a train at Strathfield Station on Sunday evening. The jury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horse Accident at Hexham a Boy Seriously Injured
AN accident, attended by serious consequences, happened at Hexham last night to a lad named Patrick Doghty, 13 years of age. The boy, whose parents reside on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to the Pukaki
The following wire was received here yesterday:—"Launceston reports that the steamer Pukaki, while entering the Mersey, and berthing alonside the Devonport wharf, at 1 o'clock this morning, struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Glaucus Accident
Mr. John Reid, agent for the steamer Glaucus, received a wire last evening that the steamer, in company with the Easby, had left Eden for Newcastle. The Easby brought a shaft from Melbourne,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Settler
EARLY yesterday morning a settler named Samuel Freer, residing in the Hill Valley, Kahibah, was admitted to the hospital in a most serious condition. On Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buggy Accident at Carrington
ANOTHER accident happened at the narrow strip of the main road, near the boatshed in Denison-street, Carrington, on Saturday afternoon. As Mrs. Pankhurst was driving…
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At about 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon Lieutenant Nicholson sustained a fall, but fortunately escaped serious injury. He was proceeding along High-street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Pukaki Accident
A wire from Hobart says:—"The Pukaki, which was severely damaged by running on a rock at Devonport, has been berthed at the wharf. The hole that the rock tore in her side was stopped, with hair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmania. Hobart, Monday. the Accident to the Pukaki
The Pukaki has been plated, and will leave for Sydney on Wednesday. At the inquiry counsel for the Union Company took exception to holding it under the Act which allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Eira.—fatality at Sea
The barque Eira has arrived at Wallaroo. Captain Larsen reported leaving Port Elizabeth on January 13, and met with fine easterly weather until reaching 40deg south, when the westerly winds set in. Ran…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. Drowning Accident
A lad named Patrick Marony has been drowned in the Bremer River. He was paddling about in a leaky put, when it filled and sank…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Guard Injured
AN accident of a serious nature happened to a guard named Simon Tucker at Awaba early yesterday morning. Tucker was employed roping some waggons into a siding,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Fatality in Sydney. Sydney
AN inquest was held to-day touching the death of a newsboy named Kenneth Fraser, who was run over by a tram and killed at Marrickville last night. It seems the lad was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Princess-awhina Collision. Trial of Charles Petersen. Sydney
AT the Central Criminal Court to-day Charles Petersen was charged with the manslaughter of Elizabeth Egan. He pleaded not guilty. Mr. Wade in opening the case for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to the Oreti
A report from Wellington (N.Z.) says:—"The Union Company are informed that the damage to the Oreti, which was stranded on the Wanganui bar, is not so serious as at first reported. The rudder post…
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