Serious Accident at Moorefield Races
A SERIOUS accident happened at Mooreflold races on Saturday to a jockey named Wm. Curran. Curran was riding the mare Westella in the Kogarah Stakes, and when coming up…
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Drowning of Mr. W.g. Nunnerley
THROUGH the courtesy of the Police Magistrate we, are enabled to publish the following particulars of the death of Mr. Nunnerloy, well-known about here as a pia[?]forte tuner…
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WITH reference to an accident reported from Albury to have occurred at Junes on Tuesday night to a Pullman car, by which it was stated that extensive repairs would have to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking gun Accident. a Boy Shot Dead. Warrnambool
A SHOCKING accident occurred here yesterday morning, resulting in the death of a lad named Samuel Hayhoe, nine years of age. In company with two other boys Hayhoe…
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A FRIGHTFUL accident happened on Saturday last to a farmer named J. Brewer, a few miles from Kyabram (Vic). He was engaged working a steam sawing plant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Revolver Accident. a Wife Shot by Her Husband
YESTERDAY afternoon (says Tuesdays' Age) be w[?]n 4 and 5 o'clock, a young man named George Best, 2J years of age, who resides at 341 Albert-road, South Melbourne, and who…
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An inquest was hold at Young on Monday on the body of Ellen Gould, widow of the late Henry Gould (for many years in the employ of Watson Brothers), who died…
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AT half-past 9 o'clock on Thursday night as a goods train, which left Sydney at 8.15 p.m., waa pisaing under the overhead bridge between Summer Hill and Aahffeld the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at Yass. Wholesale Destruction of Property. Accidents and Escapes
SHORTLY aftor 1 o'clock on Wednesday the town of Yass was visited by a cyclone, cirryiog with it in ita course complete destruction, Between Dr. Campbell's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at a Railway Station. Damage to Rolling Stock
A STARTLING accident occurred on Monday at the Warrigal railway station, causing considerable damage to rolling-stock, and placing several people in imminent peril…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Accident. a Stationmaster Killed
ON Tuesday morning, at the Carlingford railway station, an accident, which proved fatal, occurred to Sydney Easton, the night officer in charge. He was in the act of handing…
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News reached the police on Sunday afternoon that the dead body of a young man had been found upon the hillside to the vest of the town. About a quarter…
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A SENSATIONAL accident happened at George Lansell's Comet mine, Redan-hill, Bendigo, causing the destruction of mining machinery to an extent hitherto unapproached in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident. a Ganger Cut to Pieces
A SHOCKING fatality happened on the railway line at North Melbourne on Friday morning, when a ganger named James Colcott, aged 35, residing at No. 72…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Railway Accident. a Ballast Train Goes Down an Embankment. Several Persons Injured. Sydney
A SERIOUS accident happened to a ballast train about three miles from Mossvale this afternoon. For some unexplained reason the engine and seven trucks left the rails and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Particulars. Eight Firemen Killed and Injured. Five Girls Burned to Death. New York, Dec. 10
Further particulars have now been received regarding the terrible fire which broke out yesterday morning at Louisville, the capital of the state of Kentucky, by…
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A sad accident occurred at the Tumut racecourse early on Wednesday morning. The carotakorof the course, Jas. Roy, was in a room in the grand stand when several youths…
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ABOUT six o'clock last evening (says the Goulburn Herald of Thursday) a portion of a ballast train running from Moss Vale to Exeter left the rails when about two or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident At Tumut
James Roy, a respectable resident employer as caretaker by the Tumut Turf Club of the racecourse property, was shot dead in bed on Wednesday morning by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Brothers Drowned. a Courageous Boy. Lilydale
A VERY sad accident occurred at Lilydale this morning, which has rendered the Christmastide of more than one family a very mournful one indeed. Four sons of…
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