Collision Between British Warships
London, Tuesday.--A collision occurred to-day, off Portland, between the H.M.Ss Ajax and Devastation ; the latter being so badly damaged that she was obliged to put…
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Collision Between Two Ironclads. London, July 19
A collision took place to-day off Portland between H.M.S. Ajax and H.M.S. Devastation. The latter was badly damaged, and was obliged to put into dock for examination and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Hawkesbury Railway Accident
The Hawkesbury accident inquest was finished on the 14th instant, and the jury returned a verdiet attributing the blame to the laxity of the Railway Department, and adding a rider earnestly requesting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to the Steamer Ranelagh. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The steamer Ranelagh, which left for Sydney on Monday last, returned to port this morning, having two and a half blades of her propeller broken off. The accident happened at 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday, off Clarence Peak…
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It is expected that the complete printed report of the evidence taken by the departmental board of inquiry into the cause of the late Peat's Ferry railway accident will be ready for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Driving Accident. (By Telegraph.)
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--Mr. John Ryan, an old and well-known resident of Fairy Meadow, was killed instantaneously yesterday afternoon on the Bulli-road, It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Buggy Accidents at Maitland. (By Telegraph.)
WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--Two baggy accidents happened in High-street, Maitand, on Monday last, but so far, fortunately, no fatal result has endued. The first occurred in the…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The steamer Ranelagh, which left on Monday for Sydney, returned to port to-day in a disabled condition. Captain Sinclair reports that when the vessel was off…
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GRAFTON, Thursday.--William Thompson, farmer, of Copmanhurst, who was missing from his home last night, was found drowned in the Clarence River, above the falls, this morning…
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An inquest upon the remains of James Duggas who was killed by a fall from a building in Clarence-street yesterday afternoon, was held this morning…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.--Three young men, employed at a fellmongery works near Christ church, have been drowned in the river Avon by the capsizing of a boat…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A fall of earth took place in a sluicing claim at Welshman's Point, Eganstown, to-day, resulting in the death of Wm. Bradshaw, aged 19, who was buried up…
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London, July 19.—A collision took place to-day off Portland between H.M.S. Ajax and H.M.S. Devastation. The latter was badly damaged, and was obliged to put into dock for examination and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrible Railway Collision in Canada. London, July 17
A terrible disaster has occurred at St. Thomas, in Canada. A collision took place between an excursion train and a petroleum train. The latter exploded, and…
Continued on Trove, page 177 →Terrible Railway Collision in Canada. Fourteen Persons Burnt to Death
London, July 17.—A terrible disaster has oc[?] at St. Thomas, in Canada. A collision io place between an excursion train and a petroleum train. The latter exploded, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Accident and Life Insurance. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—At the Wagstaffe meeting recently held in Balmain, a letter from Mr J. C. Rommington, president of the Insurance Institute of New South Wales, was read, and was published in your report of the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident on the Railway Near Singleton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singleton
The body of a man named Thomas Blackwell was found this morning by some men going to work at the bottom of the embankment of the railway line, about quarter of a mile from Rix's Creek platform. The man is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Peat's Perry Railway Accident
A month ago, on the occurrence of the fatal accident at Peat's Ferry, we pointed out some of the questions which required an answer before the precise cause of the disaster could…
Continued on Trove, page 174 →The Railway Accident. the Exploded Theory of the Board
The remarkable theory, which in the minds of the members of the Railway Board and the assistant traffic manager is the only possible explanation of the Hawkesbury railway accident,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shocking Tram Accident
A fatal tram accident occurred at the Pitt-street entrance to Belmore Park at about half-past 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The victim was a little girl named Eveline May Bertridge,…
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