Railway Accident on the Zigzag
On Monday morning Penrith was startled of tho news that a serious accident had occured to the tourists train to Sydney, on the Emu Plains Zigzag-- The accident turned out to be…
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Mining Accidents at Sandhurst. (By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The fatal mining accidents were reported at Sandhurst to-day. A miner named Joseph Pryor was knockod off a bucket while ascending the shaft of the New Chum mine yesterday, and…
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LONDON, March,22.—The ship Macduff; 1280 tons,' trading with'Australia, is reported to have grounded on. the cliff of North Foreland; The vessel was considerably damaged but has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Evelyn-jessie, Sin- Clair Collision. Marine Board Inquiry
The Marine Board yesterday afternoon held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the collision between the ketches Evelyn and Jessie Sinclair in Darling Harbour. There were…
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Mr. Jones, the city engineer, reported to-day:—"A slight accident has happened to Hudson Bros.' water supply pipes, which has cansed the Marrickville pumps to stop working, whereby the western…
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The number of suspicious deaths in the harbour that cannot be accounted for are evidently on the increase. This morning Mr. Frank Smith discovered a…
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A slight accident has happened to Hudson Bros.' water supply pipes, which has caused the Marrickville pumps to stop working, whereby the western suburbs…
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ORANGE, Tuesday.--A terrible accident happened last night to a man named Stockdale, in the employ of Messrs. Elwin and Co., brewers. He was driving a waggon load of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Zig Zag Railway Accident. Report of Board of Inquiry
The report of the board appointed to inquire into the recent railway accident has been received by the Minister of Works. The report says the train weighed in all 147 tons, out of which 89 tons were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Regent Accident on the Zigzag. Deport of the Board of Inquiry
The board appointed to inquire into the recent accident to the up-western tourist train at Lapstone Zigzag top points on Monday, March 22, have furnished the Commissioner for…
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The following is the report of the board appointed by the Minister for Works to inquire into the recent accident to the tourists' train at the upper points of the Zigzag, near Lucasville; together with a minute by the…
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Yesterday afternoon the City Coroner held an inquest at the Soudan Hotel relative to the death of an unknown man, who was found drowned in the waters of Berry's Bay, North…
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About four o'clock this afternoon two boys were driving a spring cart down George-street when they in some way got entangled with the harness of a dray horse…
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Newcastle, Thursday.--An accident of a serious nature happened to-day in Borehole No. 2 pit to a man named " Hughes, a resident of Tighe's-hill. The accident…
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GUNDAGAI, Thursday.--On Tuesday night a serious Occident occurred at the Floraston Gold Mining Company's claim. 1 appears that Frank Petrich, after having prepared…
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The following may be worth £1000 to you if you remember it:—The human body weighs a pound in the water, and a chair will carry two persons—that is, it will keep the head above water, which is all that if necessary when it is a…
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A buggy was standing opposite M'Bride's Hotel, Camperdown, this afternoon, when one of the horses, startled at something passing, commenced kicking. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Accident at Sandhurst. Melbourne, March 26
Two fatal mining accidents were reported at Sandhurst to-day. A miner named Joseph Pryor was knocked off a bucket while ascending the shaft of the New Chum mine yesterday, and…
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The opinion of the board appointed by the Minister for Works to inquire into the recent railway accident on the Zigzag is that the accident could have been easily averted if the driver had made better use of…
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ADELAIDE, Friday. -- A narrow escape from a serious railway accident took place this morning at Maguire's Crossing, near Nairne. Messrs, Coles and Johnstone, Ms. P.,…
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