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A young man named James Macintyre met with a shooking death in the Bodden Spindle Works, Oldham. He was employed grinding a casting at a composition stone, when it flew into several pieces, one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An inquest Was begun by the City Coroner, in the Coroner's Court, District Court buildings Wednesday into the circumstances connected with the death of a man named Richard Maynard, who expired in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The captain of the steamship Tenterden, which arrived yesterday from Sydney, reports that when off Bird Island, at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, she collided with the steamer Woosung…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A collision is reported to have taken place between the steamer Woosung, which left here about 3 o'clock this morning for Sydney, and the steamer Tenterden, from Sydney to Newcastle. The Tenterden struck the Woosung…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Presentations were made yesterday afternoon in the Opera House to Mr. H. Giles of 350 sovereigns and a silver tea service and salver for his gallantry in the Cootamundra railway accident…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. W. Ritchie, an old and respected miner, had his left foot crushed while he was engaged at the crushing machine to-day. Two of his toes have had to be amputated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrible colliery accident is reported from [?]land. The loss of life is appalling, and exceeds anything of the kind ever known in Germany up to the present time. The disaster occurred on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at which all the members of the Government now in town were present, with the exception of Mr. Farnell, who is suffering from illness. It is believed that the only…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of a man named Richard Maynard, from the effects of suffocation by submersion while engaged in certain diving operations at Circular…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is probable that at the next civil sittings of the Supreme Court, which will begin on May 18, there will be six actions against the Commissioner for Railways, for damages sustained at different…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrible accident happened here this morning on the railway line, to a porter named Michael Hickey. It appears that the unfortunate young fellow was engaged shunting at the Elgin-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Young, engaged in timbering a drive in the Golden Stream mine, Avoca, was buried by a cap piece having fallen out and let down, about four tons of earth on him. His companion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The unfortunate young man Michael Hickey, who was so fearfully mangled by the train yesterday while shunting, succumbed to his injuries last evening at about 5 o'clock. An inquest will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident of a somewhat carious character happened on Wednesday to a young loan named Patrick Gallagher, on the Homebush-Newcastle line of railway, which is now in the course of construction. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after midday on Saturday information was conveyed to the police-station that a buggy had been capsized on the Tharwa-road, about a mile from town, and that its occupants—three young ladies—lay more or less injured at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The collision between the A.S.N. Company's steamer Tenterden, and the China Navigation Company's steamer Woosung which took place on yesterday morning in the vicinity of Bird Island was settled yesterday morning when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The captain of the steamship Tenterden, which arrived yesterday from Sydney, reports that when off Bird Island, at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, she collided with the steamer Woosung,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A man named John Rees, aged about 53 years, was conveyed to the Sydney Hospital to-day, suffering from an injury to the back. From a statement made by the patient it appeared that while he was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A labourer named William Smith, 34 years of age, residing at Paul's boarding-house, Pyrmont Bridge, met with an accident yesterday morning. He was on a raft alongside the barque Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three ladies, Miss Salway, Miss Rowley, and Miss Maud Russell, were driving at about noon to-day, in a buggy, when they were thrown out while the horse was bolting down a steep hill between…
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