A Lucky Accident
It was one thing to catch a counterfeiter, and another to get hold of his plates. To arrest and imprison a shover of the queer was getting rid of a dangerous man, to be…
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21 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Railway Accident
Yesterday evening, as the 6.15 train from Sydney was proceeding at a tolerably high rate of speed between Eveleigh and Macdonaldtown, a man named William…
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At 6.45 a.m. on Monday morning a baker’s carter named Isaac Culross, 26 years of age, met with a serious accident while driving his vehicle in Herbert-street,…
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At ten o’clock on Monday morning a man named Robert Harrison, 26 years of age, residing at No. 4, Alma-terrace, Abercombrie-street, Defern, died at his home…
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The Warrnambool correspondent of the Argus give the following particulars of the sad case of drowning which occurred; on Sunday in the vicinity of Shelly Beach. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Colliery Accident. Frightful Gatastrophe at [?] Mine. Te[?]fic Explosion [?] Entombed. No Hopes Ente[?] of Recover[?] Ant Alive. [?] AND CHILDREn Reart[?]ken. [Electric Telegraph] (from the [?] Mecury.) Bull[?] WEDNESDAY 3.30 P.M.
A TE[?] explosion Occurred in the Bulli. pit at about half-past 2 o’clock. Great excitement prevails. About 70 men were in the mine at the time of…
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The following account of the above occurrence is extracted from the Uralla and Walcha Times :—A sad accident, which occurred about 5.p.m., terminated the day’s proceeding, and…
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THE Cunningham correspondent of the Melbourne Age reports that a shocking boat accident happened on Lake Tyers on Thursday afternoon. A party of four visitors,…
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A SERIOUS railway accident occurred near Melbourne last night. One train ran into a stationery one and telescoped. Five persons killed and fifty wounded…
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ON Wednesday evening the 5.40 express from Melbourne to Windsor, and the 5.30 ordinary train came into collision near the Windsor station, Five porsons were…
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MR. JOHN MORAN, a well-known and respected resident of Calderwood, is supposed to have met his death by drowning an Thursday night. Moron had been at a cattle sale at…
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PEAT'S FERRY, Tuesday hight,âPeat's Ferry on the picturesque Hawkesbury River, was this afternoon the scene of a serious railway accident, which resulted in the death of four, and…
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ON Wednesday last, Mr. Z. G. Bice, J.P. (District Coroner) held an inquiry at Yalwal touching the cause of death of a young man named Alfred Underwood, who had died at that…
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An inquest was held at Cape St. George lighthouse last Friday, the 13th, by the Coroner (Mr. Z. G. Bice, J.P.) and a jury of eight, touching the death of Harriet Parker, the…
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A VERY distressing case of drowning occurred at Bellevue on Friday afternoon last. It appears that Mr .John Stephen McMahon, the third son of Alderman McMahon of the Macquarie…
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A TERRIBLE buggy accident happened to a party returning from a dance in Riverdale at 11 o’clock on Thursday night, July 21. The driver of the vehicle (says the Otago Daily)…
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A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at Illaroo, by Mr. Z. G. Bice, J.P., touching the death of James Grady, when the following evidence was taken…
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ON Sunday last. Major John Le C. Robilliard, a Major in the artillery on board H.M.S. Nelson, was drowned in jervis Bay. It appears that on the day in question the unfortunate officer in…
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ANOTHER beating accident, attended with loss of life, was reported on Sunday morning to the police. Four men are supposed to be drowned, and one of…
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A fatal accident of a precisely, similar nature to that which, happened a few weeks ago occurred at Rylstone on Saturday in close proximity to the same place to a man…
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