The Drowning of Miss Blackman. Sydney
AN inquest was held at North Sydney to-day touching the death of the girl Margaret Blackman, whose dead body was found floating in the water at Berry's Bay on Saturday…
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Accidents, 1895
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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Accident at Temora
A MARRIED women named M'Cormack was thrown from a horse at Temora to-day. She sustained spinal injuries, and is not expected to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Alcinous.—fatal Accident
The ship Alcinous arrived at Melbourne on Saturday night from Hamburg. A portion of the cargo consisted of acids, benzine, and chloroform, and as the ship encountered exceptionally heavy weather at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to the Phœbe
On Tuesday at Sydney whilst backing out from the Howard Smith Wharf the steamer collier Phœbe collided with the Pyrmont Government Wharf. Her taffrail and stern bulwarks were carried away…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Boy
YESTERDAY morning at about 7 o'clock a lad, 13 years of age, named Herbert Wilkinson, son of Mr. Benjamin Wilkinson, a well-known old resident of Stockton, had his left…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Accident at Greta Colliery. An Inquest Opened
A FREE LABOURER at the Greta Colliery, named Robert Maxwell, was killed yesterday morning by a fal[?] of "tops," in the long jig section of the pit, whilst following his usual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Result of a Tram Accident. The Railway Commissioners Sued. Sydney
THE action brought by William Morrissey and Alice Morrissey, his wife, against the Railway Commissioners to recover compensation for injuries received by the female…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Coach Accident
A VERY narrow escape from serious accident occurred in the roadway under the railway line at East Maitland on Tuesday evening. The horses attached to Messrs Prest and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Double Burning Fatality. Sydney
A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at Rosedale, near Ashfield, at 9.30 to-night. John Fredk. Hoare, with his wife, went out and left three children asleep in their weatherboard cottage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fatality in Greta Colliery. Inquest and Verdict
THE adjourned inquest on the body of Robert Maxwell, killed at the Greta Colliery on Tuesday, was resumed at the courthouse yesterday, before the district coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Burning Accident
Mrs. Morris, Mayoress of Mount Gambier, was severely burnt on the arms, back, and legs last night in an accidental manner. She was alone in bed, and it is supposed that she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cambrian Chieftain Accident
At the request of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, Provost Walker, of Dunfermline, presented, at a public meeting last month, Mr. Alexander M. Pope, captain of the barque Dee, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Fatality at Greta
OUR Greta correspondent writes:—It is generally conceded that the recent fatal accident to the man Maxwell at the colliery was one of those unfortunate mishaps that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Hetton Colliery
ROBERT CARMICHAEL, a miner, employed at the Hetton Colliery, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon whilst following his employment. The unfortunate man…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. the Scaffold Fatality
An inquest was hold to-day concerning the death of Patrick Hackett, a plasterer, who was fatally injured yesterday by the falling of a scaffold at Surry Hills. The mate who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the Co-operative Colliery
A MINER named George Reed was injured in the Co-operative Colliery yesterday by a fall of coal. Reed is one of the old workmen, and commenced work after the strike, A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatality at Wallsend Colliery
MR. JOHN GILBERT, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the district, met with a fatal accident at the Wallsend No. 1 tunnel yesterday. The unfortunate man was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Konoowarra-lighthouse Collision
The Victorian Engineer of Ports and Harbours has supplied the Commissioner of Customs with a report on the damage done recently to the west channel pilelight by the steamer Kenoowarra. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boating Catastrophe. Four Men Drowned. Sydney
BY the swamping of a fishing boat in Botany Bay last night four men lost their lives. Yesterday a fishing party, consisting of five residents of Waterloo, named Timothy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. Auckland, Sunday. Three Boys Drowned
A fishing boat was rounding the Peninsula at Dunedin yesterday with four lads, when she capsized. Three were drowned, one managing to get ashore…
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