The Late Collision
LONDON, June 25.—The ships Hurunui and Waitara, which came into collision in the English Channel on Friday night, left Gravesend together, both being bound for…
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Frightful Mining Accident. MELBOURNE
Another fatal and horrible mining catastrophe is reported from the Sandhurst district. Last night, in the Unicorn Mine, at Eaglehawk, the signal was given to haul up the cage. The…
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A fatal accident occurred about 12 o'clock last night to a man named Joseph O'Brien. He was working in the tunnel reservoir at Prospect, when a quantity of earth fell upon him, and upon…
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A shocking accident happened at the Unicorn mine, Eaglehawk, near Sandhurst, this evening. The signal was given to haul the cage to the surface, when the engine driver, by some strange mistake, raised the cage…
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On the night of Whit-Monday, May 14, one of the most disastrous railway accidents that has happened in Scotland for some time occurred at Lockerbie station, on the Caledonian Railway. A double collision took place; the first,…
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A fatal mining accident occurred in the Unicorn mine, at Haglehawk, on Tuesday night. The signal was given to haul up the cage, when the engine-driver inadvertently raised the cage which…
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LONDON, June 27.—Following is a list of the names of those who were drowned in the ship Waitara, which was sunk off the English coast by a collision with the Hurunui:—Passengers:…
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A young man named Fergusson, a clerk in the Commercial Bank in George-street, met with a somewhat serious accident this morning. He was riding to business on a bicycle, and when near the Post-office…
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A man named William Ingram had his right leg frightfully crushed, At Murrurundi, this evening by a loaded waggon passing over it. He was taken to the hospital, where he lies in a…
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The Eaglehawk correspondent of the Argus gives the following fuller particulars of the shocking mining accident that occurred in that locality on Tuesday last:— "A terrible accident, which has caused the death of two…
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LONDON, June 24.—Intelligence is to hand of a disastrous collision, which took place off the English coast. The Hurunui, 1012 tons, from Otago, came into collision with the Waitara, 833…
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Intelligence is to hand of a disastrous collision, which took place off the English coast. The ship Hurunui, 1012 tone, from Otago, came into collision with the Waitara, 833…
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The following is a list of the passengers who perished in the ship Waitara, which recently sank after being in collision with the Hurunui, in the English Channel:—Martin…
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WILLIAM, Hoolahan, the well-known had porter of the Morpeth Railway station on the Northern line met his death in Sydney, under terribly shocking circumstances. Shortly after 6 o'clock,…
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An accident which might have been attended with very serious results, occurred to Mr. S. G. Davison, J.P., commission agent of Sussex-street, on Thursday morning. It appears that shortly after 9 o'clock…
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Another terrible accident, which ended fatally, occurred on the tramway on Saturday evening, in Pitt-street, between the No. 2 police-station and Gipps-street, the victim being a married man named William Houlahan, about 55 years of…
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A shocking accident happened at the Unicorn mine, Raglehawk, near Sandhurst, this evening. The signal was given to haul the cage to the surface, when the engine-driver, by some strange mistake, raised the cage…
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An accident of a serious nature happened this afternoon at the ironworks. The slag had been tapped off from one of the puddling furnaces into the waggon used for the purpose, and having cooled sufficiently to form an outside shell, the…
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ANOTHER alarming tram accident, attended with fatal results, occurred in Pitt-street, between No. 2 police station and Gipps-street, on Saturday evening. It appears that shortly after 6 o'clock a man named…
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This morning about half-past 8 a man named John Challis, aged 32, employed at Messrs. Farmer and Co.'s now buildings in Pitt-street, met with a rather serious accident. It appears a number of men were…
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