A Cook Drowned
BOURKE, Monday.--On Saturday afternoon, the steamer Wilcannia, with a barge in tow, left Bourke for Brewarrina, and while on her trip, Charles Smith, the cook, went to the…
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Government Liability in Railway Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have read with care and interest your loading article of Friday last, on the proposal of the Railway Department that the liability of the Government in railway accidents should be limited; but as I hold opinions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Mail Coach. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bulli
To-day, while the midday mail coach was standing outside the Clifton Railway Station, the driver being engaged on the station, the horses started for the proprietor's stables. The road having a sharp descent, the pace quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cause of the Peat's Ferry Accident Experiments by the Board
At times we have been inclined to syi[?] thise with the peat's Ferry Railway Board. It now becomes our duty to congratulate them upon succeeding to exhaust the air from the…
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RYLSTONE.—A fatal accident occurred this morning to a fettler named Turner, whose duty it has been to pilot the trains past Brogan's Creek on the Mudgee line, proceeding the train on…
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Tuesday.--The body of the man Alexander Douglas, who was drowned in Lake Macquarie on Sunday week by the upsetting of a sailing boat, was recovered early this morning, having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident on the Mudgee Line. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mudgee
A terrible accident occurred at Brogan's Creek, on the Mudgee line, this morning. A fettler named William Turner was out as usual on his railway tricycle as night watchman, on the look-out for landslips. The driver of the…
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WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--An inquest was held to-day touching the death of the miner Allan M'Intyre, who was killed by a fall of stone at the Mount Kembla Colliery on…
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KIAMA, Tuesday.--A serious accident happened last night on the main road between Kiama and Gerringong, at what is known as Weir's deviation. A gig containing three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Westinghouse Brake and the Peat's Ferry Accident. to the Editor of the Telegraph
Sir,--Messrs. Imray and Co., the agents of the Westinghouse Brake Company, write in yours of the 3rd inst. that they are greatly surprised at my letter in The Daily Telegraph…
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The inquest on the body of the man who was found, as reported in our issue of Tuesday floating in the water near the rocks below Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, was held at the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A sad case of drowning is reported from Glenarowa, near Kilmore. Last night a young man named James M'Kay was driving two young ladies,…
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THE question of compensation for deaths or injuries through railway or tramway accidents has recently been occupying the attention of some of the officials in the…
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An accident occurred to one of the best-known characters in theatrical circles on Wednesday The old grey charger, Killarney, who has been so long identified with Geo. Rignold's representations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident at Mount Kembla. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wollongong
An inquest was held on Monday at Mount Kembla, by Mr. C. F. Smith, coroner, and a mixed jury, consisting of farmers, storekeepers and miners, touching the death of Allan M'Intyre, a miner, who was killed on Saturday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fatal Accident on the Mudgee Line. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Rylstone
The inquiry into the death of a fettler at Brogan's Creek has extended over nearly two days and resulted in the following verdict, after Inspector Payne and a number of railway employees had been examined:—"That the…
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BATHURST, Tuesday.--A young man named Elbourne met with a serious accident while attending a horse-power chaff-cutting machine at his father's farm on the Macquarie Plains…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The steamer Cheviot arrived this morning a day late, the delay having been caused by an accident to the exhaust-pipe of her engines. Among the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Peat's Ferry Accident to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Referring to Messrs. Imray and Co's letter which appeared in your columns of today, I may say that I should gladly court the fullest possible inquiry into the respective…
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It will be in the recollection of oar readers that it was decided by the Government to remit to the Attorney-General the depositions taken at the coroner's inquiry into the above accident…
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