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A sad accident occurred in Nelson Harbour this morning. A heavy sea overwhelmed the pilot boat, after the pilot had been taken aboard a steamer outside the harbour, and the crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—By the medium of your valuable journal desire to draw the attention of operatives of the building trades and artisans of our numerous workshops to the very simple, but valuable demonstration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man named John Morshead, groom to Dr. Kyngdon, of North Shore, while waiting for his master at East-stredt, St. Leonards, with the latter's horse and trap, met with a serious accident. The animal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dr. Thomas Dixson delivered an exceedingly instructive lecture at the School of Arts, last evening, on the subject of "Accidents, and how to trent them." On a former occasion he delivered a lecture on the same subject. Last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A magisterial inquiry was held yesterday, by Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., at the coroner's office, on the body of the man, Anthony-Fenton, who died on Monday night, from the injuries he sustained by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last evening a lad named Ernest Cottier, in the employ of Messrs Butler and Styles, who are erecting Messrs Hogg's new premises in Clarence-street, met with a curious accident. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, August 15.—The steamship Ghazee, from London to Adelaide, came into collision with the steamship Welwyn, off Cape St. Vincent. The latter sank shortly afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Ghazee, from London to Adelaide, collided with the steamer Welwyn off Cape St. Vincent. The latter sank shortly after, but fortunately all the passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Cattherthun was towed off Lang's Beef yesterday afternoon by the tug Commod[?], after about 60 tons of cargo had been lightered from the fore[?], and the vessel at once steamed back to ber [?] Divers were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Illawarra Company's new steamer Bega, Captain Hersee, from Sydney, on her first voyage to Woollongong, and while coming up to the jetty, had too much way on and came heavily up against the jetty wall, starting two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, August 15.—A distressing accident has occurred in a mine in Cornwall. A which contained 12 men was ascending the [?] when the rope broke and the cage fell to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's s.s. Bega, while coming into harbour this afternoon, having too much way on, bumped against the jetty wall, and started her bow plates, while her stem was slightly twisted. General regret is expressed in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A frightful accident happened on Tuesday at Prospect water works to a little child aged four years, named Isabella Jane Granlam. She fell on a burning log, and was fearfully burned before she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last, night a serious accident occurred to a man named Alfred Rowe, who for his acrobatic and tight rope entertainments has adopted the euphonious name of Onzalo, the Australian Blondin. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of a distressing accident has been received to-day as having occurred at a mine in Cornwall. While a cage containing 12 men was ascending the shaft the rope broke and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last evening a serious' accident occurred to Alfred-Rowe, who is better known as Onzalo, the Australian Blondin. It will be remembered that bitherto, in the language of Mr Gilbert, the lot of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of a distressing accident has been received to-day as having occurred at a mine in Cornwall. A cage containing 12 men was ascending the shaft, when the rope broke, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fatal mining accident occurred at the Crown claim, Reedy Creek, early this morning. A man named Daniel Ryan was engaged timbering a shaft, and had occasion to move a column of pipes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The adjourned magisterial inquiry into the death of the man Matthew Maher, who died at the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday last from injuries sustained on the 8th instant, whilst quarrying for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thomas Fernandez, master of the schooner Resolute, from Auckland, has reported at the Water Police station that between 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday, whilst entering Sydney harbour, a…
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