The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident. the Inquest
The inquest was resumed by the City Coroner yesterday morning at the Darlinghurst Courthouse. Mr. F. E. Rogers, instructed by the Crown…
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Accident on the Railway
BATHURST, Wednesday.-- At the Wallerawang Railway Station to-day an employe named Ritchie was seriously injured. He tried to step on to a truck, but fell down aud got under the…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A collision occurred to-day on the Yarra between the intercolonial steamer Franklyn and the screw steamer Pharos. Both were going down the river together. When…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A serious collision occurred in the Yarra to-day about 11 o'clock, between the steamer Franklin, from Adelaide, and the steamtug Pharos, of 160 tons register,…
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A fatal accident occurred at the Pinnacle gold-mine on Monday. A man named Harry Underwood was working below where some old workings were being cleaned up, and a large quantity of stone and mullock slipped,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collision at the Mouth of the Yarra. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A collision took place this morning between the steamers Franklin and Pharos at the mouth of the Yarra, the latter being cut down below the water line and sinking speedily. The Franklin belongs to…
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The inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury on the 21st ultimo, was resumed yesterday morning at the Darlinghurst courthouse…
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A fatal accident is reported from Cape St. George, near Jervis Bay. Two young girls named Gibson and Parker were out walking near the Lighthouse. They came to an empty hut, where they found a gun, with which they began…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident. Verdict of the Jury. the Railway Department Censured. Inquiry Into Railway Department Recommended
The inquest was concluded at the Darling-hurt Courthouse yesterday. M. F. E. Rogers, instructed by the Crown Solidtor, appeared to watch the proceedings in…
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The above diagrams show--(1) The train as it was wade up to leave Redfern; and (2) as it was afterwards re-made up when it left Hornsby. after which the order of the carriages was not changed until the accident occurred. The theory of the accident is that when the train left Redfern the tap on the car marked A was closed. The position of the tap at the end of the car is indicated by a X. This closed top would prevent the brake acting beyond that carriage; but this did not matter, as the brake power on eight carriages out of nine would be more than sufficient. When, however, the train was made up again at Hornsby the A and B cars were taken from the end of the train and placed near the engine, and after the accident occurred the tap marked the end of A was found closed. It is therefore, believed that this tap was in the hurry of re maklng up the train at Hereby, allowed to remain closed. This prevented the air-brake acting beyond the closed lap at the end of A car. On B car there was a hand brake which was used by the conductor, and the…
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HARDLY had the sympathetic reading public of the colony recovered from the severe mental shock caused by the railway disaster at Windsor, Victoria, when a nearer and more harrowing calamity of a similar character startles us out of…
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A boy named William Lovell, aged 6 years, was yesterday found drowned in a tank near the residence of a man named Allen, "Victoria Park, Parramatte, by his father, who had been…
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BRAIDWOOD, Friday.—A sad case of drowning occurred at Bellevue to-day. A young man, named John M'Mahon, of Sydney, who was on a visit to Mr. Jas. O'Brien, of Bellevue…
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BRAIDWOOD, Friday. A sad accident happened to-day in the Jembaicumbene Creek. Mr. John M'Mahon, about 24 years of age, son of Alderman P. M'Mahon, of Sydney, who was…
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BRAIDWOOD, Saturday morning.—The body of Mr. M'Mahon, who was drowned yesterday afternoon near here (as reported) has not yet been recovered. The waterhole has been dragged with…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—The wife of N. W. Smith, photographer, of Stanthorpe, was found drowned to two feet of water in Quart Pot Creek yesterday. It is supposed that she had been sitting on…
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John M'Mahon, son of Alderman M'Mahon, of St. Leonards, who has been on a visit for the past few months for the benefit of his health to Mr. James O'Brien, of Belle Vue, met with a sad death by drowning this…
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ON Friday last, the most important evidence was that of David Kirkealdie, assistant traffic-manager, who was called by Dr. Sly, and deposed that he examined the wrecked train about 6.30 on the…
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The attention of the Minister for Works has been drawn to the recommendation of the Coroner's jury that a commission should be appointed to inquire into the management of the…
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The Parramatta Coroner, Mr. J. E. Bowden, held au inquest at the residence of Mr. George Lovell, Victoria Park, Merry lands, on Saturday afternoon last. on the body of a child named…
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