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The following evidence was given at the inquest yesterday:— Mr. Camphorne deposed I sent word to the station-master to wire to Bethungra to stop the mail He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As I informed you by telegraph this morning, yet another victim has been added to the list of fatalities which have been caused by the catastrophe of Sunday evening last. This morning, shortly before noon, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At last some appreciable progress has been made in the repair of the permanent way, although the authorities hare not yet managed to clear entirely away the debris of the wracked train. A thorough…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held an inquest yesterday, at the Water View Hotel, Balmain, on the body of a boy named Sydney Hutchings, three years old, who died on the 24th instant from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON Monday last, a man named Ocorgo William Manning, an employe on the railway, and a resident of Emu Plains, accompanied by two of his wife's brothers, started in the afternoon to go shooting to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man about 23 years of age was drowned in Hegarty's baths, St. Kilda, on Friday. He was observed to struggle in 8ft of water, and evidently was unable to swim. Joseph Wilkinson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident occurred at Lawson station yesterday, when two engines collided while sh[?]ting, and three persons were injured. A dense fog has prevailed there for some days, and whilst an engine was being put in the siding out of the way…
Continued on Trove, page 223 →A rather serious accident occurred on the Kembla Goal Co.'s line on Saturday. In the afternoon two locomotives were on the line; one was going down and the other was coming up…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An accident occurred at Lawson station on Saturday. Two engines collided while shunting, and three persons were injured. A dense fog prevailed. While an engine was being put on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE particulars of this fearful calamity are doubtless pretty well known to our readers, having been gleaned from the Sydney papers and by telegrams posted outside this office. There is really nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Clogan and David Jones, navvies, engaged on the Homebush to Newcastle railway extension, were taken to the Sydney Hospital, this morning, suffering from the effects of injuries sustained yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A large number of passengers arrived in Sydney this morning by the train from Melbourne, via Albury and Cootamundra, at which latter place a crowd of passengers got on board. Among them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Friday the steam ferry punt Transit met with an accident. After having left Kangaroo Point the after lip of the punt struck one of the supplies of the landing stage which caused her to go…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The opening of our Anniversary Day was overshadowed by a dark cloud. Bad news spreads fast; and the report of a terrible catastrophe on the Southern line, by which, it…
Continued on Trove, page 232 →I have just obtained some interesting particulars from William Wade (writes the special reporter of the "Argus), a wood-cutter, who narrowly escaped with his life. He has told me about the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →For the past week the country has been rejoicing [?] the breaking up of the threatened drought, and the rain which has been so plentiful has been welcomed on all hands. But the rain which has in one…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Cellisions have been rather frequent of late, but done with the exception of the Bi[?]ksgate and Ba[?], has been fl such a a serious nature as that which took place in the harbour shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A man named Bowes Daley, formerly a midshipman, and who is supposed to have been related to a titled family in Galway, Ireland, and who had been travelling about the country, left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another serious collision—although fortunately unattended with loss of life or injury to person—occurred in the harbour early, on Sunday moraine. It appears that the steamer Lass o Gowrie (Captain A…
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