Shocking Revolver Accident
A shocking accident occurred here on Tuesday night last. It appears that Mrs. C. W. Jenkins, wife of the road superintendent, was in the habit of keeping a loaded…
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Accidents, 1893
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Dickens's Railway Accident
In her recollections of her father, Miss Mam's Dickens tells once more how in 1864, while on his way home from France, the novelist was in the terrible railway accident…
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ON Monday a blasting accident occurred at Raward and Co's quarry. It appears, that a charge was put in on the previous Saturday, but mis-fired. On Monday…
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A sad burning fatality took place a few days ago in the tent of a man named Charles Woolf, at a selection where he had gone with his family, near Lilydale, (Vic.) Woolf and three children, aged…
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A strange shooting fatality was reported on Sunday from Moonee Ponds, (Vic.) It appears that a man named William Henry Main, aged 27, a produce merchant, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scientific Notes. to Raise the Bodies of the Drowned
The best "ay to raise the body of a drowned man is to take a number of half-gallon jars, fill them with a slacked lime and water, and drop them in the river, in the…
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The Steamer City of Alexandria has been burnt in the Atlantic through an explosion in her cargo, which included a large quantity of Spirit. Thirty-four of those on board were drowned…
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WE regret to record another quarry accident—this time at Messrs. Loveridge and Hudson's Gib Quarry. Mr. John Whittaker (the foreman) was working at…
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At Knightsbridge (S.A.) on Sunday afternoon Mr. E. F. Waterhouse, manager of the Atlas Insurance Company, lost one of his sons by a shooting accident. An…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. The Becent Accident
SIR,—I wish you to rectify a portion of your report of our last Council meeting, re Mrs. Jeffress, in which you state that a verbal explanation was given by…
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A boat accident, which resulted in the death of five persons and probably of seven, occurred off South Reef, between the Heads, on Sunday afternoon at 3.30. The boat…
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One of the missing occupants of the illfated boat was Mr. E. A. Vider who was the well-known cyclist. He has done good work in road races, and also holds several…
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The holiday yesterday terminated in one of the saddest accidents that has ever occurred in this district. Early in the afternoon news was received that a boating party on the Minnamurra River,…
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A young man named Hubert Steadman, a resident of Captain's Flat, who was in Goulburn on business, met with a serious accident on Saturday afternoon. He was…
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BY the capsize of a boat on the Minnamurra River, near Kiama, on Tuesday afternoon, Captain Honey, of the Kiama Volunteers, Mrs. Honey, Mr. George Wood, juni, and…
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