Fatal Railway Accident
NEWS reached Queanbeyan that a shunter named McConville, had been killed on the line at Goulburn, early on Thursday morning. The young man was engaged in…
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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents
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NEWS reached Queanbeyan that a shunter named McConville, had been killed on the line at Goulburn, early on Thursday morning. The young man was engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Legislative Council has carried Dr. MacLaurin's amendment postponing the second reading of the Land and Income Assessment Bill for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney, Friday—In the second case [?] damages over the Redfern railway disas[?] Mrs McKenzie claimed £5,000 for the [?] of her husband—the jury have awarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A somewhat serious bicycle accident happened on Wednesday evening to a youth named Samuel Nelson, son of Sergeant Nelson, of Queanbeyan. The young man,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first of the cases arising out of the collision at Redfern railway station in October last was before Mr Justice Simpson and a special jury at Darlinghurst on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fatal accident occurred at 1 a.m. on Thursday at Goulburn in the railway yard, when a shunter named Charles McConville, aged 26 years, was killed almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The case of Jones v. the Railway Commissioners, (arising out of the Redfern railway accident; in which the damages were laid at £30,000 was continued and concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A boy named Henry Gilford, aged 14, son of Mr. R. Gifford, of Bombay, met with a terrible accident on Monday afternoon last. It appears he was out hare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney, Friday—The owners of the meat cargo injured in Sydney in December have obtained a verdict in London against the owners of the Maori King…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday at Gidleigh, another shooting accident happened, and, unfortunately, terminated fatally a few hours afterwards. Two young men named Johnson, who live…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Friday—Owing to a creep in the South Mine, Broken Hill, eight miners we killed yesterday. Two others were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MELBOURNE telegram revived from Eldorado, near Ballarat, states that an awful accident occurred there at 4 o'clock this morning. The end of the drive came…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Henry Plumley, for 18 years council clerk at Inverell, was found drowned in the river on Sunday morning. At the inquest on Monday, the widow gave evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A very sad burning accident happened on Monday to Elizabeth Caroline McDonald, youngest daughter of Mr John McDonald, of Uriarra, which unfortunately terminated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Bredbo on Thursday, Mr Charles M'Keahnie, son of Mr A. A. M'Keahnie, of Rosedale station, Adaminaby, was thrown from his horse, the annual slipping whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During a display of fireworks at a Forresters' fete at Brighten last evening, a bomb burst, injuring 16 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A shocking parachute accident has occurred at Peterborough. Miss. Adelaide Bassett, a parachutist, intended to make a descent from a baloon at a fete which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney, Friday—Mr. Ralston, solicitor, who sued the railway commissioners for £12,000 damages for injuries received in the Redfern accident, has obtained a verdict for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday morning a young deckhand named William Kendall. son of the captain of the ferry steamer Bunya 1Bunya, rescued a woman from drowning. About 6 a.m. the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE cases in which damages were claimed against the railway commissioners for injuries and loss caused by the Redfern railway accident were completed on…
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