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Sir,--I imagine that even the official mind, which is fearfully and wonderfully made up, can scarcely expect that Mr. Vernon's inquiry [?] into the collision at Parramatta, and the Ministerial verdict thereon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FROM Mr. Vernon's report to the Commissioner for Railways, it appears that the special train from the Hawkesbury was originally timed to pass through Parramatta at 6 p.m. At 5,36, however, a telegram…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE most awful railway accident on record in Europe, with perhaps the exception of the one in France (when a train took fire and 52 persons, including Admiral D'Urville, were burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →BRISBANE, Monday.—A very serious accident happened last night on the Victoria Bridge. It appears that a horse, drawing a boggy, shied, throwing out a Mrs. Cabill and Mr. White, its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LISMORE, Tuesday.—A boiler explosion took place this morning at Glasgow's mill, at Tempe. The fireman, Robert Rowley was blown about 20ft away; one of his lees and an arm were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night, about 5 o'clock, a man named James, Whalan, fireman on the Western mail train, met his dealt by being jammed between the buffers of two engines. The poor follow never spoke, and expired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident occurred at the Redfern railway station at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. A cabman when driving over the tramway rails was jerked off his seat, and fell under the wheels. He sustained two ugly scalp…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man named James Sullivan, who resides in Railway-street, was admitted to the Infirmary yesterday afternoon, suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg. The accident was caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrific boiler explosion took place this morning at the Glasgow Mill, and the fireman, Robert Rowley, was blown about twenty feet, one leg and arm were broken, and he was scalded and otherwise bruised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Mr. Vernon, in his report concerning the above accident, says:-- "The person upon whom the responsibility of the accident principally arid directly rests is. in my opinion. Driver Harrison." In the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I send you a few questions which, if answered by some of your correspondent, will, I think, throw a little more light of the cause of the Parramatta railway accident, and I trust you will put them in a proper form…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PARRAMATTA, Wednesday.—Joseph Murphy, one of the sufferers in the late railway accident, is now fast recovering, and yesterday, for the first time since he was admitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATHURST, Wednesday.—An inquest was hold yesterday afternoon on the body of James Whalen, fireman, who was killed at the Bathurst locomotive sheds on the previous afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATHURST, Wednesday.—A rather serious accident happ[?] this morning at Mr. Butterworth's chemist's shop. The manager, Mr. Jenkinson, had occasion to handle a large bottle of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAGGA, Wednesday.—A coach belonging to Mr. M'Alister, of the Australian Hotels being at the railway terminus on the arrival of the train, last night, was left standing by the driver. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A young lady, Darned Agnes Collett, daughter of an official in the Post Office Savings' Bank, was boating up the Yarra yesterday with her brother and a friend,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. J. C. Stanger, the coroner, held an inquest at the Railway Hotel, to-day, upon the body of James Whalen, a fireman employed on the Western line. The following facts were disclosed by the evidence:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA, Thursday.—At the inquest held yesterday afternoon on the body of the child of Mrs. Ashlin, of Burwood, who was killed through the coach accident on the previous evening, a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—Yesterday three children were Fitting on the kerb in Albert-street, near Martin's Horse Bazaar, when they were knocked over by a runaway horse of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man named George Dawson. aged 85 years, was brought this morning to the Infirmary, suffering from a deep wound in the right, [?]arm, and bleeding profusely. The accident occurred through…
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