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A terrible accident happened here this morning on the railway line, to a porter named Michael Hickey. It appears that the unfortunate young [?]ellow was engaged shunting at the Elgin-street…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--On Friday afternoon, as the schooner Garron was being removed to the steam crane by the steaming Adeline, she ran her bow into the barque Evie Reid, lying opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal accident occurred on the railway line, at No. 20 Catting, near Queanbeyan. Three men, Michael and Philip Dwyer (brothers, natives of M'Ivor, Victoria), and John Harris…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday a horse attached to a cab driven by a man named William Crosier took fright in College-street, and began to kick and plunge in an alarming manner. Mr. Heard, of Vernon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man named Frank Zenckel, residing at 86, Gibb-street, was admitted into the Sydney Hospital on Sunday with a fractured leg. The accident was sustained in a somewhat inexplicable manner. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man named John Bees, aged about 53 years, was conveyed to the Sydney Hospital. Saturday, 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 fatal accident occurred on the railway line at No. 20 cutting on Friday night. It appears that three men, named respectively Michael Dwyer, Phillip Dwyer, and John Harris, were on the night shift conducting blasting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last night a ganger named Darcey was accidentally drowned near Mandurama. It appears that he was returning to his hut on the bank of the Mandurama, and, having mistaken the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Zealand Herald states that at about 4 o'clock a.m. of May 5 th s.s. Wellington, which left Auckland for Ruseell and Northern ports the previous evening at 7 o'clock, returned to harbour, and from her it was learnt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram has been received from Burketon to the effect that Mr. A. G. M'Kenzie, of Corinds station, was drowned in the turn off of a lagoon on April 29…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A married woman, named Jane Gooden, was admitted into the Sydney Hospital on Monday evening, suffering from a compound dislocation of the right foot, which she received by having jumped on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An accident occurred, in Madame Berry, No. 2 mine, on Friday night, when Hugh. M'Geohegan had his collar-bone broken, and Joseph Atkinson was internally injured by an iron girder, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thomas Croak, miner, aged 65, was killed by a goods train near Ballarat East on Saturday. The deceased, who was intoxicated, was crossing the railway, when he fell between the wheels of an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The WEST AUSTRALIAN of April 20 reports that the Roman Catholic bishop of Perth (Dr. Griver) met with a serious accident on the previous Sunday morning. The venerable prelate, who recently attained…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An accident occurred at M'Leod's cutting on the railway line, four union from Cockle Creek, Wallsend, on Saturday night. An enoriuous blast of over one ton of powder was exploded some 20 feet behind the face of a deep cutting of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday afternoon at 5.30 p.m. a man and his wife were taken to the Sydney Hospital in a cab Both were intoxicated, and the woman's right foot [?]resented a terrible appearance. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An accident occurred last night to the contractors' train on the Bourke railway, when it ran into a trolly on the extension and smashed it up and injured the roads. The passengers on the trolly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A girl pained Mary Ann Reynolds, 15 years of age, was admitted into the Sydney Hospital shortly after[?] 3 p.m. on Tuesday, suffering from severe burns all over her body. It appears from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man named Jas. Wood, employed on a steam crane, had his foot terribly crushed last evening while he was drawing a waggon of coal. He was taken to the hospital, where Dr. Morgan found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Samuel Woollan, of Nerriga, met with a fatal accident on Saturday night, near Stony Creek, by having been thrown from a cart. He was picked up insensible, and died from the…
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