Extraordinary Collision
A most extraordinary collision has just occurred in the English Channel. There was neither fog, nor darkness nor blinding snow, nor wind to disturb a vessel's course or baffle the resources and…
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Fatal Accident in the Harbour
An unfortunate accident occurred last night at Lavender Bay, which resulted in the death of an old gentleman named John Collins, 66 years of age, who resided at Pittwater. He was a passenger in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to the Orient Liner Potosi
Another accident has been added to the senes of mishaps that has attended the vessels of the Orient line during their caretr in the Australian trade. The Potosi when attempting to leave the port, yesterday…
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During the time that the tide was at its height m the river 1 hamos on April 2, the wind raised waves of considerable size, rendering the use of outraged and small lowing boats extremely dangerous. This was esspecially the case in…
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An engineer named Francis Haughey, about 60 years of age, lodging at Pavey's boarding house in Margaret-lane, was knocked down by a horse and cab and run over in Sussex-street shortly before 11…
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Daring the last day or two several accidents have occurred, in the harbour, two of which hare terminated fatally. On Saturday morning Mr. John Collins died from the effects of immersion in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cab Accident in Susdex-street
On Saturday night, about 6 o'clock, a girl named Kate Kelly, aged eleven years, a stepdaughter of Mr. Henry Somers, of North-street, was carrying a child in her arms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on Circular Quay
At half-past 5 o'clock yesterday evening, upon the arrival of the Manly Beach steamer Fairlight at Circular Quay, a serious accident happened to Oliver Maxwell, tobacconist, Market-street. Before…
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The City Coroner held an inquest at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, at the Coroner's office, touching the death of Francis Hanghey, an engineer, who met with his death in Sussex-street, on Saturday last,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buggy Accident in Botany-road
Mr. Daniel Macquarie, the well-known contractor, was driving a horse and baggy along Botany-road yesterday afternoon, and when near the Halfway. House he was driven into by a spring[?]art going in…
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A woman named Eliza Tritton, the wife of Alfred Tritton, a wood dealer, residing in Alexandria, was ras over in Botany-road yesterday, between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening. She was attempting to cross…
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At about 5 o'clock yesterday evening Eliza Triton, the wife of Alfred Triton, a wood dealer residing at Alexandria, on the Botany-road, was knocked down and killed on the spot by a passing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident
A man named M'Carthy, says the Wagga Advertiser, a native of Victoria, met with a most painful and severe accident on the Narrandera-Hay railway extension works last Thursday night. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appalling Disaster in Canada. A Steamer Capsized with a Crowd of Passengers. Nearly 200 Drowned
LONDON, May 25.—News of an appalling steamboat disaster has been received from Canada. An excursion steamer, named the Victoria, was capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. GRAFTON
An old resident of Copmanhurst, James Cameron, on his way home, while in the vicinity of Mountain View met with a fatal accident. The horse he was riding being a spirited one, bolted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Alexandria
An inquest was held this morning at the Cauliflower Hotel. Alexandria, by the City Conner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., as to the cause of death of a woman named Elizabeth Tritton, aged 47 years of age,PORT OF FREMANTLE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Steamboat Accident in America. London, May 25
Information has been received of a terrible steamboat accident in America, accompanied by heavy loss of life. The accident occurred at London, in the province of Ontario, where an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Case of Drowning GRAFTON
A man whose name is at present unknown, was drowned yesterday at Palmer's Island. It seems that he was in a boat being towed by the steamer Australian, when by some means the boat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Accident
Some excitement was caused in Elizabeth-street, between Hunter-street and King-street, yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, through a motor and tram of trams getting off the rails. The 3.25 p.m.,…
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