The Peats Ferry Railway Accident. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 9
Sir,--Pressure of other duties and a reluctance to extend my lust letter to an inordinate length prevented me from dealing with a few points raised by the supplementary report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Telegrams. Fatal Accident Near Molong
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 11
MOLONG, Monday.—A most unfortunate accident happened to a son of Mr. J. T. Parslow, jun., butcher, here yesterday evening. The little fellow was out on a visit to his grandfather, and…
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Evening News · Monday 15 August 1887 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Michael Williams, a farmer of Warrenheip, who was missed from Ms home some days ago, was found yesterday drowned in an old shaft in Ballarat East, into…
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Evening News · Monday 15 August 1887 · page 6
The following have been attended in the Sydney Hospital:— Fred. Cornless, 14, Woolloomooloo-street, had his right hip injured through falling on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Railway Accident. Fearful Scenes. Robbing the Dead and Wounded
Evening News · Monday 15 August 1887 · page 5
LONDON, August 13.—The further particulars of the dreadful railway accident in the State of Illinois, America, disclose a most appalling State of affairs. The accident occurred at midnight…
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Evening News · Monday 15 August 1887 · page 6
MORUYA, Saturday.—Dr. Book's horse bolted with a buggy here to-day, throwing out a little girl who was alone in the vehicle. She sustained a few bruises. The buggy was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Accident in America. Appalling Scenes. an Engine-driver Decapitated. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 13
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1887 · page 5
Further advices are to hand regarding the railway disaster which took place on Thursday last in the State of Illinois. The accident occurred at midnight. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Accident Near Rockhampton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1887 · page 6
A telegram from Rockhampton reports that a fearful accident occurred on Saturday on the Gladstoneroad, at a place 17 miles from the town. The wife of a selector named Mann was…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 5
LISMORE. Monday.--A man named Martin A. Baker, in the employ of Mr. P. Dawson, of Lismore, is supposed to have been drowned on Saturday evening while boarding the steamer…
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Evening News · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 5
LISMORE, Monday.—A man named Martin, a baker in employ of Mr. P. Dawson, of this town, is supposed to hare been drowned on Saturday evening by falling into the water while…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 5
YASS, Monday.--Last Friday six gangers working on the line between Bowning and Binalong were thrown out of a trolly through the wheel going over a stone placed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. a Coachman Drowned. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 5
BRISBANE, Monday.--The weather has changed and there is a beautifully clear sky to-day, the prospect being fine. There is a strong fresh, however, in the Brisbane River, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 2
Sir.--In a letter which appeared in your paper of the 10th inst. signed "Triple Valve," it is stated that my calculations on brake pressure were based upon as assumption that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquests. Death of a Doctor: Accident or Suicide?
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 6
An inquest was held yesterday before Mr. J. E. Manning, coroner for the district, at the Garibaldi Hotel, Hanter's-hill, on the body of Henry W. Lentaigue. a duty-qualified medical…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 August 1887 · page 5
BATHURST, Tuesday.--Yesterday afternoon a little boy, two years of age, son of W. J. Perkins, Chariotte-street, was drowned while playing near Vale Creek, and his [?]ly was found…
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Evening News · Wednesday 17 August 1887 · page 6
BATHURST, Tuesday.—A fine little boy, 2 1/2 years of age, the only son of parents named Perkins, wandered from his home close to Vale Creek yesterday afternoon, and was afterwards found…
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Evening News · Wednesday 17 August 1887 · page 6
A man named Michael M'Donald, aged 30, draper, Ireland, and residing at Church Hill, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital this morning by Dr. Gwynne Hughes. The man was, according to…
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Evening News · Wednesday 17 August 1887 · page 6
ALBURY, Tuesday.—The case of the Commissioner of Railways v. Christopher Reuss was decided here this morning. This was a case against defendant for having allowed his horses to stray…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Late Accident to the Mail Train at Albury. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1887 · page 5
At the police court to-day[?] Christian Reus a carter, was proceeded against by the Commissioner of Railways for allowing horses to stray on the railway line, and was fined £10 with £3 3s. costs. The case arose out of the accident…
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Evening News · Thursday 18 August 1887 · page 5
WILCANNIA.—Yesterday morning the cap of Mr. John Ross, an alderman and old resident of this town, was found floating in the river here. This discovery led to the sunrise that Mr. Ross…
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