Three Men Drowned. GRAFTON
The police have received information that three men (whose names are unknown) have been drowned in the Tweed River…
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Fatal Accident
About 8 o'clock on Saturday evening a man named Denis O'Toole met with a fatal accident Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo. The deceased while driving a cab at a high speed collided with another vehicle…
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Bombay, November 29.—A telegram to the "Clan" line agents ave[?]s that the Malwa was entirely at fault. The Malwa has sunk in deepwater; but it is believed there will be little difficulty in raising her…
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Two fatal accidents of similar character happened yesterday at a place called Mulga Creek, near Bourke. Two men named Milligan and Batty were thrown from their horses and killed. Another fatal…
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An accident of a shocking nature happened last night on the railway line, close to the Liverpool station, causing the death of one of the railway clerks, named Thomas, who was run over and out to pieces…
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The Cornier held an i[?]est this morning at the Observer Tavarn, near C[?]lar Quay, respecting the death of a [?] named Patric Denison, a blacksmith, whose body was found [?]ting in Farm Cove…
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At the Robert station, 20 miles east of Hudson, on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad, on November 18, a stock train, while stopping for water, was ran into by a freight train from…
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An accident of a serious nature happened yesterday afternoon in Neutral Bay. A party, consisting of Mr. Angelo, Mr. Ellis, and Miss Biddington, hired a boat in Woolloomooloo to have a row in the…
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The adjourned inquest into the circumstances in connection with the death of Arthur Henry Ward, who died from the effects of injuries received on Saturday, 23rd ultimo, through a collision off…
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A shocking accident, resulting in the death of Mr. F. J. Thomas, goods clerk, occurred at the Liverpool Railway Station yesterday, near midnight, The ballast train, which left Sydney at 11…
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A man named Tully, engaged on the new railway works near Tarago, was buried by a fall of earth on Tuesday. He was speedily rescued and conveyed to the Goulburn Hospital, where it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Boiler Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
This morning, about 10 o'clock, the boiler of the donkey engine on board the barque Nereus, lying at No. 14 ballast wharf, Bullock Island dyke, blow up. The boiler, about one ton in weight, was lifted off its bed, driven through…
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The first fatal accident with electric light wires in New York occurred October 4. the victim being an experienced line man in the employ of the Brush Electric Light Company. The "Scientific American"…
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LONDON, January 8.—Intelligence has been received from Liverpool to the effect that the City of Brussels, belonging to the Inman line of steamers between New York and Liverpool, has…
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Yesterday afternoon three girls, named Sarah Gray, Martha Callaghan, and Mary Callaghan, whose ages were between 10 and l4, were drowned whilst bathing in the Tuross River, at Comering…
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Intelligence has been received from Liverpool to the effect that the City of Brussels, belonging to the Inman line of steamers between New York and Liverpool, has been…
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On Sunday afternoon three girls, named Sarah Gray, Martha Callaghan, and Mary Callaghan, whose ages ranged between 10 and 14, were drowned whilst bathing in the Tuross River, at…
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Yesterday two accidents happened on the tramway, both occurring on the Newtown-road near the tollbar. The first happened shortly after 12 o'clock…
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A serious c[?]ens happened last night to a woman named Ellen Gray. The southern goods train, which arrived as Grauville at 10 o'clock, ran over the lower part of her body from the…
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The Kemble, steamer, arrived from Newcastle this morning considerably damaged, and that, too, by a vessel which is at present unknown. The da[?]er was most serious, and had the vessel been struck 2ft further aft the would…
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