Accidents
WE have quite a chapter of accidents to report, and a peculiar feature of three of them is that they were caused by man's faithful friend…
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Shocking Railway Fatality. an Old Woman Cut to Pieces
A GHASTLY accident occurred to an old woman named Susan Duggan, who resided with her daughter, Mrs. Bell, at 19 Buntingstreet, Burnley, on the Camberwell railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plucky Rescue from Drowning
A NARROW escape from drowning occurred at Wagga yesterday afternoon, A number of youug children were playing on the bank of the Wollunary Lagoon, which is now very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange Railway Fatality. Melbourne
On Wednesday night Driver Wilson, who was in charge of the 11.33 up train from Melbourne to Preston, noticed his engine jolting at a spot between the Regent-street and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Railway Fatality. Supposed Suicide of a Young Woman
THE driver of the midnight train to Preston on Wednesday felt (the Argus says) the wheels of Ins engine meet with some obstacle on the line near the Regent-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boating Accident at St. Kilda. a Youth Drowned. Narrow Escape of Four Others
ON Friday a boating accident, which occasioned the death of a youth named Hewitt, and in which his brother and three other lads had a narrow escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidental Discovery of a New Drug
A new drug has been discovered by Asiatic traveller, quite accidentally, which seems likely to take a high place amongst antiseptics, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shocking Steeplechase Accident. Melbourne
A PAINFUL sensation has been caused by the news that the popular jockey, Thomas Corrigan, who had the mount on Waiter for the Grand National Steeplechase, had sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racing at Caulfield. Accident to Corrigan. Sydney
The popular cross-country rider, known to the sporting fraternity as "Tommy" Corrigan, was riding his own horse, Waiter, in the Caulfield Steeplechase on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Railway Fatality
A shocking fatality happened on the railway near Hamilton station. Miss Kenny, teacher of the Stockton public school, when crossing the line to catch the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Accident on the Hunter River. Two Young Ladies Drowned. Sydney
Two young ladies named Esther and Maud See, nieces of Mr. John Sec, M.L.A., the Colonial. Treasurer in the late Dibbs Administration, have been drowned at Hinton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Strange Suicide. Drowning of a Mining Speculator
LATe on Friday afternooon (says the Age) a man was seen standing on the banks of the Yarra, near the Morgue. After looking at the water for some time he was observed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Building Accident. a Man Killed and Three Workmen Injured
A shocking accident happened at 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning (the Aryan says) at the Eastern Arcade, in Bourke-street east, where extensive alterations to the buildings are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatality at Portland. an Old Women Burnt to Death. Portland
A SHOCKING discovery was made to-day. An elderly women named Nolte, a charwomen, had not been seen for a couple of days. She lived by herself at the rear of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Railway Accident a Young Lady Killed. Sydney
A SHOCKING railway accident occurred at the Hamilton railway station, this morning. A public school teacher named Miss Kenny was hurrying across the railway, line to catch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Caulfield steeplechase Accident. Death of Cor[?]igan
THE opinions expressed by the surgeons, Mr. Fitzerald and Mr. Joske, that the cross-country horseman, Thomas Corrigan, could not possibly survive the injuries he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peculiar Railway Fatality. a Fireman Killed. Melbourne
A peculiar fatality happened on the St. Kilda railway on Saturday night. The 8.20 p.m. train for town started punctually from St. Kilda and arrived in Melbourne minus its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stabbing Case at Balmain. a Woman Seriously Injured
Considerable excitement was occasioned in Balmain on Saturday night when news was spread that a woman had been stabbed, and had to be conveyed to the Balmain Cottage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. Dr. Douglas Killed
ON Monday evening it was reported about town that Dr. Douglas was missing and likely to have met with an accident, and alarm was created. It was stated that he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Riotous Behaviour in the Hay District. a Coach Driver Seriously Injured. Hay
Last night 54 free laborers arrived by special train for the Mossgiel and Ivanhoe districts. About 80 unionists assembled at the station and booted them loudly. A…
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