Fatal Tram Accident
Mr Shiell held an inquest yesterday, at the Prince Alfred Hospital, on the body of Robert Boyd, 27 years of age, a potter, residing at Camperdown, who met his death on Tuesday by…
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Sad Fatality near Armidale. [By Tetegraph, From Our Correspondnet.] Armidale
MR. Alexander Stewart, the owner of Alfreda Station, near Armidale, was killed on Thursday. He was felling timber, in company with a man named Hamilton. Both were close together and…
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An accident of a somewhat serious nature occurred to William Henry Green, a labourer in the employment of Mr. M'Donald, at Bankstown, on Tuesday, while engaged in clearing land. He was burning…
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A shunter, named Gannon, met with a painful accident last night in the station yard at Mount Victoria. He was engaged in shunting the mail train from Sydney, and while jumping on to the…
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A painful accident occurred yesterday in connection with the Waverley tram. It appears that a Mr. Lancelot Iredale, while the tram was at College-street, was standing with one foot on the footboard of the car…
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A melancholy accident occurred on the steamer Buninyong as she was leaving for Melbourne yesterday afternoon, by which a lady passenger, Miss E. Ward, met with her death. It appears that…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday. -- A drowning case, attended by painful circumstances, occurred at the Semaphore to-day. Mr Charles Brown, a partner in the South Australian Stevedore Company, took…
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On Saurday afternoon at the South Sydney morgue the city coroner (Mr. H. Shiell) initiated an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the unfortunate Miss Ward, who was killed on Friday…
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A man named Wilson was killed on Thursday in the Dubbo coal mine, Baltimore. He had exploded a blast, and upon going down the shaft he found the air foul. He called out to be…
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An elderly Chinaman named On Wing met with a painful accident on Saturday night at the corner of Liverpool and Pitt streets. He was attempting to cross the road, when he was knocked down by a…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- A shocking mining accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Balmain and Saxby mine, Eaglehawk. Three miners named Bell, Lonsdale, and Eddy, were engaged…
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Henry Mann, a saddler, was drowned at Clarencetown on Sunday morning. With two friends he went to the new wharf to bathe, and after having undressed he fell into the river. His companions dived into the water after him, but it was found that he was drowned. It is supposed that the deceased fell into the river while in a fit…
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An accident which is likely to prove fatal happened in Glen Innes last night. An old man, known as Bob, the Soldier, the owner of a shooting gallery, was crossing the line of fire while a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Clarence Town. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Clarence Town
A sad occurrence happened here yesterday morning about half-past 6 o'clock, by which a young [?] named. Henry Mann, who has been in business here as a saddler for a few months, lost his life. The deceased, with two friends, went…
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A fatal accident happened yesterday afternoon at the Prospect waterworks. A man named John Reid, was killed by the fall of a quantity of earth which was being pulled up by the crane. It…
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A boy named T. J. M Gobern, who had been riding on the steps of an omnibus, was very seriously injured yesterday. He alighted near Park-street, and tell just in front of a cab, which apparently he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Railway Collision in Victoria. Large Number of Persons Injured, Trains a Perfect Wreck. (By Telegraph.]
MELBOURNE, Wednesday, 11.17 p.m.--News has just been received by telegram that a passenger train from Ballarat to Melbourne ran into a goods train between Werribee and Little Elver ; bat…
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A serious and alarming railway accident occurred near Little River last evening, when two persons were killed and many passengers were injured. Mr. Speight, the chief railway…
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Patrick Macnamara, a carter employed by Messrs. Toohey Brothers, brewers, was knocked down in Hamilton by a runaway horse belonging to the firm's well-known traveller, Mr. Denis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Railway Accident in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A serious accident occurred this evening to the passenger train from Ballarat and Geelong for Melbourne, between the Little River and the Werribee Stations. The train ran into a goods train, and the engine,…
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