Fatal Railway Accident
Two brothers named Hocking attempted to cross the line at Burnswick, Melbourne, in order to catch a train. One brother just avoided the engine, when knocked…
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Accidents, 1886
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Dreadful Accident
A fatal accident occurred on Monday night on the Talbragar road, near Dubbo. A woman named Stone (whose husband is at Bourke working as a carpenter) was…
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A serious accident, by explosion, occurred last week at a cutting near Ingalara Camp, by which one man, it is feared, will be rendered blind for life, and two…
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A fireman on the railway named Martin Moore. was knocked down by an engine while returning to work at the Penrith railway station on Thursday morning, and…
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The Melbourne Telegraph gives the following fuller particulars than those received by telegraph of the fatal accident to Peter Campbell, the well-known bush…
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A sad accident occurred at Sligo Bay. A boat, containing 11 persons, when crossing the roadstead of the harbour, suddenly capsized, and the occupants…
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At the Westminster Police Court on August 18, Charles Wooloff, aged 37, a drayman, was charged before Mr. Bennett with causing the death of a girl, aged five…
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The Melbourne Age reports that between 12 o'clock on Monday evening, Driver Jones, in charge of a passenger train from Essondon, was approaching…
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On Thursday, Mr. T Parr, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Royal Hotel, Bungendore, touching the death of one Joseph Smith, whose body had…
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An accident occurred on the 18th of August before 11 o'clock, at Coulodge Colliery near Newcastle-on,Tyne, resulting in the injury, more or less serious, of…
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The Echuca correspondent of the Melbourne Age reports that quite a gloom was cast over the town on Thursday morning, when it became known that Miss Lenne,…
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ON Sunday afternoon a little boy (Bertie Thwaites) whilst amusing himself with others by riding on a trolley near the railway station, fell from the vehicle, the…
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OF a serious nature occurred a day or two ago near Micalago, on the railway works. A man named M'Cormack was run over by a trolly and suffered such injuries as…
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THE truth of the well-known adage—"Accidents never come singly"—has received abundant proof within the past few days. No sooner had we chronicled…
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BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.—A young man named Henry Rankins, of Berlang, met with a fatal accident last night. Whilst riding down Wallace-street, opposite the…
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LIVERPOOL, Monday.—A shocking drowning fatality occurred at Avoca near, Smithfield, on Saturday afternoon, whereby three children belonging to Mr. James…
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YOUNG, Saturday.—A melancholy case of drowning, by which a mother and son lost their lives, occurred at Kingvale yesterday morning and was reported to the…
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THROUGH our Micalago correspondent we learn that two shocking fatal accidents occurred in that neighbourhood on Monday. Only the bare facts are to hand which are…
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ON Sunday last three little boys (brothers) named Coleuhoun, aged respectively 12, 10, and 8 years, were playing in a disused powder magazine, when they…
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WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.— A man named Patrick Fogarty, a resident of Allandale, was killed on Saturday at Anvil Crook through some dogs…
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