Painful Accident
On Wednesday afternoon a very serious and painful accident happened at the corner of Castlereagh Road and Proctors Lane, to a very old and respected resident of this…
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Railway Accident in Victoria
Quite a number of persons during the late elections expressed opinions that our railways were badly managed, and that we should adopt the Victorian system…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The inquest on the persons killed in the Windsor railway accident was resumed this morning. Blackburne, who is a mere boy, gave evidence with…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fatal Accident to a Vernon Boy. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Young
Edward Stone, a Vernon boy, about 16 years of age, in the employ of Roxbrough Bros., of Burramunda, was killed this afternoon. He was sent to take home a dray borrowed from a neighbour. A quarter of an hour after leaving, a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Windsor Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The evidence taken to-day at the inquest on the persons killed in the Windsor railway accident was of an interesting though not a sensational character. A boy named Peglar stated that, seeing the ordinary train…
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The inquest on the persons killed in the Windsor Railway accident was resumed on Wednesday. Mr. Gedge, the Prahran station-master, put in the correspondence which had passed between himself and the…
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A telegram from Sandhurst states that a shocking mining accident occurred on Monday in Jobnson's goldmine, California Gully. Three men, who were sinking a shaft, fired three holes. Some time afterwards they…
Continued on Trove, page 1122 →The Victorian Railway Accident. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The inquiry into the Windsor railway accident was to-day advanced a further stage, A lad named Pegler deposed to having noticed the ordinary train stuck up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Football. " No game was ever yet worth a rap For a rational man to play Into which no accident, no mishap, Could possibly find its way." —Gordon. Gossip by "Mark."
The new room rented by he Southern Rugby Union was open for the first time last Saturday evening; and if I may judge from the large attendance of members, the project should prove a success. No ceremony took place. This,…
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London. Sunday.--An explosion of firedamp occured yesterday at the Ubstone Colliery, near Glasgow, resulting in the death of 70 miners…
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WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--A man named Patrick Bogat, employed on Mr. H.H. Brown's estate, Upper Paterson, a few days ago received very severe injure to one of his legs…
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ARMIDALE, Monday.--A terrible accident occurred near Guyra on Saturday night. While the mail train was proceeding up north it ran over a fettler named Michael Purcell, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Windsor Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The most sensational evidence given to-day at th[?] inquest on the deaths resulting from the Windsor railway accident was that given by R. R. Cameron, seedsman at Prahran, who was one of th[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Victorian Railway Accident. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Windsor railway accident inquest was advanced another stage to-day, when several witnesses were examined. The most important evidence was…
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London, Monday.--The terrible explosion at Udston Colliery, near Glasgow, by which 70 lives were lost, is to be the subject of a searching inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Windsor Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The evidence taken to-day at the inquest on the persons killed in the Windsor railway accident was of an important and sensational character. The witnesses called were the driver, guard, and fireman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shocking Accident Near Thargomindah. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Thargomindah (Q.)
A terrible accident occurred at Ardoch Station yesterday, resulting in a man named James Campbell being frightfully scalded all over his body, head, arms, and legs. It appears the man was cooking in the kitchen, and by some…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Victorian Railway Accident. the Coroner's Court Cleared. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- At the Windsor railway accident inquest to-day, the driver, fireman and guard of the 5.30 ordinary train concerned in the accident were examined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Windsor Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
Several witnesses were examined at to-day's sitting of the inquest into tho deaths resulting from the Windsor railway accident. Guard Lang was cross-examined, but few fresh facts were elicited…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Victorian Railway Accident. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Windsor Railway accident inquiry advanced a further stage to-day, but the evidence elicited was not of much importance. The young lad…
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