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873 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 44
The A.S.N. Company are experiencing the greatest of ill luck with their new steamers. First, the stranding of the Ra[?]elagh on two occasions and now no accident to the Glanworth, which left on her maiden coastal voyage on…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →VIENNA, September 23.—A disastrous railway accident occurred to-day to a train which was crossing the river Drave, which separaten Hungary from Croatia. As the train was approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Another victim, has succumbed to the effects of the recent accident at Elderslie station. The poor fellow died in the hospital on Sunday. He remained unconscious to the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hercules and Energetic Company's mine, Long Gully, Sandhurst, was on Wednesday last the scene of an explosion, by which a man named William Marshall, who lives at Kangaroo Flat, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As the 12.15 train, which left Sydney last night, was passing Granville for Parramatta, the two last carriages ran off the line on the south side, tearing the roadway up for over 100 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S[?]-CALLED accidents, more or less serious, are becoming of such common occurrence lately through mismanagement or carelessness that I think it quite time to draw attention to the matter. Last week a…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →A sad and fatal boat accident occurred to-day. Three young men-- Thomas Giddins, residing at Rowena Parade. Richmond; John Reardon, of the Condon Tavern, Hotham: and George Wood, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An accident, which unfortunately resulted in the death of two Of the occupants of a boat and the narrow escape of three others, occurred on the river Yarra, in the vicinity of Brander's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very sad and fatal accident occurred on the railway line on Friday evening. As four fitters were working their way home on a trolly near Jindalee a special cattle train came suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A boat accident occurred in the Yarra this afternoon, which resulted in the loss of two lives. Three young men, named respectively Goorge Woods, 24 years, a waiter, residing at Carlton, George Giddens,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A sad fatal accident occurred during the passage of the steamer Coonanbara from Newcastle last night. Captain Adams reports that when off Lake Macquarie about half-past 12, a young man named Walter Falls…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A very sad and fatal accident occurred on the railway line on Friday evening as four [?] were working their way home on a trolly, near Jindalee. A special cattle train came suddenly round one of the curves; three of the men jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fatal accident, accompanied by many painful incidents, occurred on the railway on Friday evening. Four fitters were working their way home on a trolly near Jindalee, when a special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday, shortly before noon, a tramway [?]ductor named George Briston, aged 40 years, met with an accident of a serious nature. He was collecting tickets as the tram was passing the new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The coach connecting the Bundaberg railway with Mount Perry capsized yesterday. All the passengers, including the "Cheerful Chips" Company, were injured. One member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The unfortunate fetler, Norman, who lost his life in the late trolly accident (endeavouring to save life and property), leaves, we understand, a widow and eight children, whose claims to public sympathy are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday an accident of a serious nature happened to a workman named William Powell, 29 years of age, employed at Hart's Dock. The work upon which he and other men were engaged was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A sad accident occurred last night at Wright's Creek, eight miles from the town. Fresh horses had been put in the mail coach, and before the mail contractor, Patrick Keogh, had time to take…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible a acccident happened near South Grafton late this afternoon, whereby Mr. Francis M'Guren, landlord of the Royal Hotel, South Grafton, was killed. The decessed was returning to town from his farm, driving a horse and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A boat accident occurred in the Yarra this afternoon, which resulted in the loss of two lives. Three young men, named respectively George Woods, 24 years, a waiter, residing at Carlton, George Giddens,…
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