Tramway Accident
A serious accident happened last evening on the tramway in Elizabeth-street. One of the guards named Richard Thomas Pier[?]s, while collecting the tickets, was walking along the footboard of the cars…
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Serious Tramway Accident
A most painful accident occurred on the tramway line in Elizabeth-street, last evening, to one of the assistant guards on a Waverley car. It appears that Richard Thos. Pierce, who lives at Waverley, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Gun Accident. BOURKS
A young man named Mayfieled has brought in from Curraweena station, 25 miles away, suffering from the effects of a gunshot wound in the right side and chest. A loaded gun was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Team Accident. To the Editor
SIR,-The accident which befell the tram-conductor Pierce is another illustration of the dangers that at-tend our tram system. It is the result of a custom which has always appeared to me as imminently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad and Fatal Accident at Ropes Creek
A servant of Mr. W. Baxter, named Jessie Hood, aged 16, went to a waterhole for water, about 5 p.m. on the 9th of May. Mrs Baxter came home, and not seeing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Tram-car Accident. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,--It occurs to me, as a unit in the community, that sufficient life has been sacrificed from the tramcar footboards, and the time has now arrived when our officials should decide whether groping along the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Railway Collision in Victoria. Several Persons Injured
SOME concern was manifested on Tuesday night at the non-arrival at Ballarat of of the Maryborough train; but at half-past 1 on Wednesday morning, when it arrived, an hour behind time, it transpired…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Accident in Belgium
LONDON, May 4.—colliery accident has occurred, at Herstal, a mining town on the Maas, in Belgium, mine colliers being buried in the ruins. A party was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A man Drowned
A fatal accident happened between 8 and 9 o'clock last evening at Circular Quay. A stout-built man whose name is unknown, who appeared to have been drinking, was observed staggering along the wharf…
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Yesterday afternoon an accident happened on the tramway line in Elizabeth-street, the result of a man imprudently jumping off a Waverley tram whilst in motion. The sufferer was an elderly person,…
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The city coroner held an inquest yesterday afternoon, at the Observer Tavern, Lower George-street, on the body of James Lewis, the man who fell into the harbour on Tuesday night night, whilst staggering…
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A man named Isaac Norton, a general dealer residing in. Nithsdale-street, was taken to the hospital yesterday suffering from several bruises none of them being of a serious nature. At about the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Man Drowned
At about 9 o'clock this morning the body of a man, name unknown, was found floating in Darling Harbour close to the north side of Pyrmont Bridge, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident in Queensland. [By Electric Telegraph.] Brisbane
An accident occurred on the Southern and Western Line at 5 o'clock this evening. Four trucks ran off the rails, causing a complete wreck. No lives were lost, but the traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident. GRAFTON
A terrible fatal accident ia reported as having occurred the Dargue Company's machine at Nana Creek. This morning, about 9 o'clock, George young, the engineer, was in the act of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Mr. C. Roberts. KEMPSEY
A buggy containing tour gentlemen, among whom was Mr. C. J. Roberts,ex-Mayor of Sydney, overturned at the junction of Turooka and Port Macquarie roads yesterday. The inmates had…
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A stocking accident happened on the railway, near the Redfern station, on Thursday evening. As the 8.15 train from Homebush, "which is due at Sydney at 8.45 p.m., wos nearing the station and was passing…
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Yesterday, at the District Court, Judge Josephson and a jury tried the case of Dolling v. Commissioner of Railways, ia which the plaintiff sought to recover £ 200 as damages for the alleged negligence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident on the Railway Line
A serious accident, due entirely to a wilful neglect of precaution, occurred last evening occured last evening on the railway line just outside the Redfern railway-station. It appeared that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Collision between Two Steamers
The correspondent of the Standard writes as follows from Madrid, on April 3 :—" The collision between the Royal mail steamer Douro and the Spanish steamer Yrurac Bat off Finisterre, although it has been attended with the loss of…
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