Fatal Cart Accident at Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Goulburn
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 7
The Police Magi[?]trate, Mr. C. [?]. Alexander, held a magisterial inquiry this afternoon on the body of a little boy named Watkins, three years of age, son of a re[?]ident at Redfern. The d[?]d waw in a [?]pringeart yesterday…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 4
The Attorney-General (Mr. B. R. Wise) forwarded on Tuesday last to the Works Department a communication embodying the results of the legal examination of the evidence…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 5
CROOKWELL, Thursday.--A boy named Thurlow to-day by some means got hold of a small bottle containing oil of tar, which had been used as a remedy for toothache and drank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Collision at Sea. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 12
The ship Persian Empire was inspected this morning on behalf of the owners for the purpose of ascertaining the damage done brough the collision with the Victoria Regina on Tuesday afternoon. It was found…
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Nepean Times · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 4
The three accidents which we reported last week were all more or less of a serious nature and the sufferers are now progressing favorably. In matters of this kind when we…
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Evening News · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 5
A railway accident, fortunately not a serious one, occurred at Petersham Railway Station this morning. It appears that in the courre of shunting operations seven trucks left the rails at the…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 447
Au accident happened on Tuesday to a mixed train from Dimboola to Serviceton, which left Dimboola at 5.40 a.m. The train consisted of 11 trucks, a passenger carriage, and van. When halfway between Gerang…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 9
The Railway Board of Inquiry into the Peat's Ferry accident have sent to the Commissioner for Railways the following reply to The Daily Telegraph and "Triple Valve," and it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disagreeable Accident to Miss Jervois. (By Cable.)
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 5
AUCKLAND, Friday.--Miss Jervois, daughter of the Governor, met with a disagreeable accident at Evans' Bay, near Wellington, to-day. Her horse bolted, galloped for a distance, and…
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Evening News · Monday 29 August 1887 · page 5
NEWCASTLE.—A boat capsized on Lake Macquarie yesterday, and one man failed to reach the shore. The particulars are only vague at present. Apparently two young men left Belmont in a…
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Evening News · Monday 29 August 1887 · page 5
LONDON, August 28.—A fatal yachting accident has occurred off Ilfracombe, in Cornwell. A yacht capsized, and of those on board fifteen persons were drowned…
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Evening News · Monday 29 August 1887 · page 6
A railway accident, fortunately net a serious one, occurred at Petersham Railway Station on Saturdad. It appears that in the courre of shunting operations seven trucks left the rails at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yachting Accident Off the Coast of Cornwall. London, Aug. 28
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 August 1887 · page 7
A fatal yachting accident has occurred off Ilfracombe, in Cornwall. A yacht capsized during a sudden squall, and 15 persons were drowned…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 August 1887 · page 4
Sir,--It was not my intention to take notice of any fanciful theories respecting the Westmg-house brake when expounded by a mere amateur like Mr. Vernon, but as my silence…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 August 1887 · page 4
The last paragraph of the lengthy communication from the board appointed to inquire into the cause of the Peat's Ferry accident, which appeared in our…
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Evening News · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 6
An inquest was held before the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) at the South Sydney Morgue, on Monday, on the body of a child named Francis Joseph Raymond. From the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A man named Douglas was drowned in Lake Macquarie yesterday. The boat which he and another man named Walker were sailing in capsized, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escape From Drowning. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mudgee
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 7
Father O'Keefe, accompanied by a young man named Lyons, was driving towards Rylatone on Sunday, and, near Havilah, they attempted to cross Lawrence's Creek, which was in flood. The vehicle was overturned, and the horse…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 7
A fatal yachting accident has occurred off Ilfracombe, in Devonshire. A yacht capsized during a sudden squall, and 15 persosn were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Boat Accident Lake Macquarie. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 8
Last night Inspector Brennan recei[?] news that a man named Alexander Douglas had been [?]rowned at Lake Macquarie. Deceased and another [?] named Alexander Walker were out in a small ski[?]t, an[?] boat capsized…
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