Inquests. Found Drowned
The acting-coroner, Mr. A. M. Fisher, held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday touching the death of the man whose dead body was discovered floating in the water amongst…
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Accidentally Shot
DUBBO.—A lad named Henry Shellswell, in the employ of Messrs. Craig and Jones, drapers here, met with an accident on Wednesday afternoon. It appears that he had been practising with a…
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DUBBO, Thursday.--On Wednesday afternoon a [?] named Henry Shellswell placed the mazzle or a p[?]a rifle on his left foot to insert a cartridge, and having done so, it immediately…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Steam Navigation Board to-day met to investigate the collision between the ships Victoria Regina and Persian Empire. As the captain of the…
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An accident of a very serious nature look place on Friday morning near Petersham Station, which although not attended with any loss of life the cost to the department for rolling stock, and permanent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Railway Accident Near Petersham. a Train Destroyed by Fire. No Lives Lost
Shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday morning a serious railway disaster, but, happily, accompanied by no fatal results, occurred between Lewisham and Petersham, and resulted in the wreck of a goods-train and its partial destruction by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatal Accident on the Mudgee Line. 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…
Continued on Trove, page 575 →Accident to a Mail Coach. 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 575 →Fatal Accident at Mount Kembla. 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 575 →The Peats Ferry Accident
Under cover of a reply to an article appearing in oar columns on Tuesday relating to the results of the recent trials which have been made by the railway board, Mr. Kirkcaldie is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Accident at Petersham. a Goods Train Wrecked. the Greater Part of It Rolls Over the Viaduct. Fire in the Wreckage--a Magnificent Sight. No Lives Lost. Cause of Accident--a Broken Axle
Within a few minutes of the 4.10 goods train having Sydney yesterday morning, 13 of the 20 vehicles which comprised it were precipitated over the Petersham viaduct…
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On Thursday, Adolph Heinrich, baker, Myrtle-street, Darlington, whilst whilst his cart along the Glebe-road the harness by some means became disarranged, and the wheel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Irish Difficulty. Disturbance at a Meeting. the Police Attacked and Repulsed. the Crowd Fired Upon. 54 Police and 150 Civilians Injured
LONDON, Friday.--A fatal encounter with the constabulary took place at Mitchellstown, County Cork, to-day. Mr. Wm, O'Brien, who had been cited to…
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Attended in the Sydney Hospital: J. Burke, 28, laborer, Kent-street, swollen arm and face; Thomas Hopkins, 37, furnaceman, Harper-street, crushed fingers; Edwin Davis, 51, storeman…
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This morning the Minister of Works, accompanied by the Commissioner of Railways, proceeded to Petersham, where Mr. Sutherland personally inspected the bridge, the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Accident on the Mudgee Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As a perfectly disinterested party, but a lover of justice, I desire to call your attention to a serious wrong which has been done (doubtless unwittingly) to the memory of the poor fellow Turner, who was killed the other day on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Merry Hampton. London, Sept. 10
Mr. Abington's three-year-old colt, Merry Hampton, has sprained himself…
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The Minister for Public Works and the Commissioner, for Railways visited the scene of the accident at the Summer-bill viaduct on Saturday. Instructions were given for the…
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MELBOURNE.—John Varcoe and his sister were driving to Wangaratta in a spring cart, when the wheel of the cart came in contact with a stump, and the cart was capsized, pinning Varcoe by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Irish Riot. One Killed, Two Dying, Fifty Injured. Mr. Sexton Challenges the Government
LONDON, Monday.--The latest reports from Mitchelstown show that the number of those killed and injured in the disturbance at that place was exaggerated…
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