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WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--A sad accident resulting in the death of a young man named W. Francis Ring, occurred at the Mount Pleasant colliery this morning. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Generally speaking the condition of the various sufferers is an improvement on that of Wednesday, and in the case of some of them decidedly better than could have been anticipated considering the character of their injuries. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WOOLONGONG, Thursday.--A collision occurred at noon to-day at the crossing of the railway and Mount Pleasant lines, just on the eastside of the Fairy Meadown- road. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mount Pleasant Company's coal-train ran [?] contractors' engine on the Government line this morning The Mount Pleasant Company's line runs at right angle[?] to the Government line, with [?] stiff gradient. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry yesterday, at the Prince Alfred Hospital, touching the death of a man named John Charles Parish, who on Tues-dd day last was fatally injured at the Burwood railway station,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The official board which had been appointed on Wednesday, for the purpose of making inquiries in connection with the cause, or causes, of the accident, [?]at at the Redfern railway terminus all yesterday. The investigation was conducted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A narrow escape from another railway accident is reported. A special train left Melbourne shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and had proceeded as far as Donnybrook when the brakes brought the train to a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr. Pinhey J.P., at the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday into the death of the unfortunate man Charles Paris, who felt between the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London, Wednesday.--The celebration of the Jubilee in London yesterday passed off with splendid success, the display altogether being the grandest ever known in the history…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A. Hyndes and B. Cohen, two young lads, had a narrow escape in Maitland this morning. The boys were out for a drive when the horse began…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The officers of the Railway Department appointed to inquire into the cause of the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury River commenced the examination of witnesser yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—A collision occurred at noon to-day at the crossing of the railway and Mount Pleasant lines, on the east side of the Fairy Meadown-road. The contractors' locomotive…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WOLLONGONG. Friday.---Gangs of men were engaged all last night and to-day in removing the wrecked locomotives from the railway line and at an early Lour this morning they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrible railway accident occurred on the Homebush-Waratah line on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in a lamentable destruction of life and property. It appears that an excursion train which left Sydney at 10.25. a.m. for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1328 →London, June 21.—Upwards of 300 Hungarian pilgrims have been drowned in the Danube by the capsizing of a raft during a squall…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred on the Hornebush-Waratah line on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in a lamentable destruction of life and property. It appears that an excursion train…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Honorable William Busby died yesternight, aged 75. The coroner's jury carefully inspected the scone of the Peat's Perry railway accident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THAT the national day of rejoicing should have been marred with such a cruel catastrophe ay that of Peat's Ferry is a striking instance of the awful nearness of joy and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →There were unfortunately quite a number of Balmain residents as passengers in the ill-fated train to the Hawkesbury on Tuesday last, some of whom escaped with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A shocking accident occurred at the railway station last night, the ultimate result of which is expected to be the death of a railway employee named Joseph Blackburn. It appears that previous to the arrival of the mail…
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