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There was an accident at Wellington station this morning. The 2 o'clock down train was late, and two engines had been moved up to the tanks to water, under the idea that there was time to get off the track before the train…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The following particulars of the accident to Mr Jones of Rockton, near Ipswich, which was reported in our telegraphic columns a few days ago, we extract from the "Brisbane Courier:"--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A slight railway collision occurred at Warrenheip railway station this morning. An excursion train heavily laden with passengers was slowly leaving the station,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Tuesday afternoon, at about 5.30 p.m., there was considerable excitement in Oxford-street, in the vicinity of Riley-street, consequent upon a horse attached to a parcel delivery van becoming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A railway accident occurred this morning near Warrenheip station, where two engines came into collision. A special train, which had been chartered by the Ballarat ironworkers, and containing about 750 excursionists…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Between 5 and 6 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a horse attached to an empty parcel delivery van, standing in Oxford-street, near Riley-street, became so frightened at an approaching Woollahra tram that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A railway accident occurred this morning near Warrenheip station, where two engines came into collision. A special train, which had been chartered by the Ballarat ironworkers, and containing about 750 excursionists…
Continued on Trove, page 184 →An extraordinary accident happened to the steamtug Admiral on Sunday afternoon. The Admiral had been to the Hawkesbury with excursionists, and was returning to the Circular Quay. When approaching the floating stage, her…
Continued on Trove, page 186 →An accident happened to the new steamer Adelaide whilst on the voyage to Melbourne. Shortly after leaving Fort M'Donnell the eccentric rod of the high-pressure engine broke. She proceeded under sail for…
Continued on Trove, page 159 →A fatal accident happened yesterday afternoon, at the Fitzroy Sawmills, Gladstone. A large boiler burst, and destroyed part, of the engine and the shed. The engine-driver, a man named Ferdinand Cunningham, was…
Continued on Trove, page 159 →The ship Verde, bound to England, having a cargo of 2600 tons of wheat, when going down the Port river this morning, in charge of a pilot and assisted by two tugs, ran aground in Snowden's Reach. The accident…
Continued on Trove, page 159 →A SOMEWHAT serious accident occurred to Mr. Waterhouse's steamer Admiral last Sunday, although, fortunately, it was unattended with any injury to her…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A COLLISION' took place this morning between two railway engines, at the Warrenheip Bank, situated between Ballarat and Worronheip. Both locomotives were attached to a special train…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miss Nellie Jago, a young lady residing at Punch'e Hotel, corner of Market and Elizabeth-streets, had a very narrow escape from drowning yesterday afternoon. Whilst in the act of stepping on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 26.—An appalling collision occurred in the English Channel on Friday evening, between the ship City of Lucknow, homeward bound from Adelaide, and the ship Simla,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An appalling collision occurred in the English Channel on Friday evening between the ship City of Lucknow, homeward bound from Adelaide, and the ship Simla, bound from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An accident by which a man named Henry Newby met bis death occurred about noon on Saturday. It appears that Newby was driving a pair of horses attached to a waggon when the horses bolted, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident, which was subsequently attended with fatal results, occured on Saturday, about noon, to a man named Henry Newby. He was driving two horses attached to a waggon along Pier-street, Darling Harbour, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 28.—Survivors from the ship Simla, which was bound from London to Sydney, allege that the City of Lucknow which was bound fram Adelaide to London, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A young man named James Enright was killed on Sunday by having been thrown from his horse while he was riding in the bush…
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