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A shocking accident took place on Thursday afternoon on board the ship Aberdeen, lying at Parbury's Wharf, Dawes Point. A case, weighing about 3½ tons, was being raised from the hold, when a bolt in the leading…
Continued on Trove, page 904 →A serious omnibus accident happened near the Fitzroy Gardens this afternoon, by which some of the passengers—of whom there were nine altogether—were seriously injured. The omnibus was proceeding from…
Continued on Trove, page 899 →Another shocking mining accident occurred at Sandhurst shortly before 7 o'clock this morning, resulting in the instantaneous death of two miners named David W. Swaider,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sad fatality Is reported from Lake Macquarie. August Bulow, John Marks, and a runaway Bailor named Johnson, left Belmont on a fishing cruise on Wednesday, and have not since been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judgment was given at Liverpool on March 1, by Mr. Rothery, Q.C., wreck commissioner, with Commander Burney, R.N., witn Captains Castle and Hyde as assessors, in the case of the inman steamship City…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Walter Little, a well-known pressman, who had been connected with the Brisbane "Telegraph," the "Observer." and other newspapers, fell overboard from the Polly while that vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was commenced on Saturday morning by Mr H. Shiell, J.P., City Coroner, on the bodies of two men named James White and Olaf Neilsen, who met their death by an accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A supposed sad fatal boat accident is reported from Lake Macquarie, resulting in the less of three lives. It appears that early on Wednesday morning John Marks, a well known fisherman at Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A serious railway accident happened at Parramatta on Saturday night, fortunately without loss of life. It is alleged that the mishap arose from tike wanton neglect of the points…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Dillon, a van driver for Messrs Weaver and Wright, met with a severe accident in Harris-street, Untime, this morning. A bus, No. 78. came into collision with bis vehicle and threw him out—the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday a little girl named Clara Mangan, eight years of age, was knocked down and run over by a dray in Foster-street, near Campbell-street. One at the wheels passed over her abdomen. She Was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intelligence was received at a late hour on Saturday, concerning an accident which took place at Parramatta Station that evening. From inquiries made at Parramatta by our reporter, and from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain Boyd, of the ship J. B. Brown, reports that on Tuesday night, when at the South Head of Sydney, bore west by north 16 miles, the vessel came into violent collision with some sunken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The dreadful tragedy at Yarrawonga, where a whole family was burnt to death, has been quickly followed by another hardly less horrible, three lives being lost this time instead of six, as at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A shocking accident occurred at Myall Lake on Friday night. A new chum, with no relations in the colony, named John Morgan, was employed by Watt, a publican, in driving a small drogher…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held at the Prince Alfred Hospital on Saturday afternoon by Mr H. Shiell, J.P., City Coroner, on the body of Jonathan Harris, who died on the 10th instant at that institution from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious mining accident occurred at the Lazarus Mine, Sandhurst, to-day. A miner named Robert Vine was working at the 1300 feet level, and while being drawn up in a bucket, fell to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After the police had left for Lake Macquarie, a messenger came in with the news that Messrs. Harry and Morris Marks, Alexander Campbell and Samuel Woodyor, had found the missing fisherman's boat bottom upwards, with her sails set,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The adjourned inquest into the circumstances in connection with the accident which occurred on board the s.s, Aberdeen, on Thursday, 10th instant, by which two men, named James White and Olaf…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquest on the bodies of Mrs W. Condon and her two children, who were burnt to death at Warragul on Monday, was held to-day. There was no evidence to show how the fire originated,…
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