Suicide by Drowning
Mr Shiell, the City Coroner, held an inquest at the Empress of India Hotel, Marrickville, yesterday, on the body of John James King, 24 years of age. Deceased was a married man, and has left…
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Railway Accident in Victoria. The Werribee Collision. Three Persons Killed and Several Others Injured. [By Telegraph.]
MELBOURNE, Thursday,--Melbourne to-day is thrilling with the excitement and horror produced by the terrible doable catastrophe that occurred in connection with the Victorian railways last night…
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Another railway smash in Victoria And the latest of the many smashes that have happened in the sister colony is by far the most serious of the jet. Mush valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Fatal Railway Accident. Bursting of a Locomotive Boiler. Fireman Killed, and Driver Seriously Injured. [By Telegraph.]
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Another fatal railway incident occurred early this morning near Sanbury railway station. The boiler of an engine smashed to a good train burst. Hurchinson the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Werribee Railway Accident. Interesting Statement by a Passenger Another Death. a Romantic Episode. Latest Details. Melbourne, Thursday. a Passenger's Account
Mr. A. F. Bradshaw, sporting editor of the FEDERAL AUSTRALIAN, was in the train, and gives the following account of the accident:—We were returning from the Casterton races…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- A collision occurred outside Nobbys to-day, between the barque Port Adelaide which was being towed from Sydney, and the schooner Pioneer, also from Sydney. Both…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--There is little fresh to report concerning the fatal railway collision at Little River, except the identification of the body of the woman who was killed, as that of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision—Trains Wracked in Victoria. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
A SERIOUS and alarming railway accident occurred near Little River last evenrng when two persons were killed and many passengers were injured…
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The excitement over the railway catastrophe has somewhat cooled, and beyond ascertaining the state of those who are most seriously injured, and waiting for such developments as the inquiry…
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A rather serious accident occurred on the tram line near Liverpool-street on Monday last. A motor ran into a spring van belonging to a dealer named George Barker, and smashed tho vehicle to pieces. Barker,…
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A serious accident occurred last 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, tenders, and second class…
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ON Wednesday evening at 5 o’clock an inquest was held by Mr. J. E. Bowden, District Coroner, upon the body of a man named John Reid who died at the entrance gate of the…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Patrick Kingley, licensee of the Crown Hotel, Eaglchawk, Sandhurst, committed suicide yesterday by drowning himself in Lake Meagher." The deceased was last week…
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At the South Sydney morgue, this morning, the city coronet renewed the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Miss Ward, who was killed on board the steamer Buninyong, when she was…
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GOULBURN, Saturday.--Two children named Henry and Charlotte North, eleven and nine years old, respectively, were drowned this morning in the Mulwarec River, a short distance from Thomas…
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The inquiry by the Steam Navigation Board into the circumstances connected with the collision in the bay between the steamers Wairarapa and Adelaide, when racing, was opened on…
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Two children named Henry and Charlotte North, 11 and 9 years old, respectively, were drowned on Saturday morning in the Mulwaree River, a short distance from Mr. Thomas Cooke's…
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SIR,—In your issue of the 28th I observe a telegram headed "Accident at Mount Victoria," and which occurred to shunter named Gannon, and who, I was informed, bears an excellent character. He was…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The sufferers by the late railway accident are progressing favourably…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The inquest on the body of Robert Hutchinson, the fireman who was killed by the explosion of au engine boiler at Sunbury, was commenced yesterday, and adjourned to allow…
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