Shocking Accident. A Man Smashed to Places
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A man named Neilson, employed on board the steamer Maranoa, met with a horrible accident white the vessel was off Percy Island…
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Casualties. the Recent Boating Fatality
Yesterday evening, the police engaged in the search for traces of the boating fatality which was supposed to have happened at Botany on Sunday last, discovered a man's body floating in the water off Lady's Robinston's Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fatal Accident on Board the Steamer Maranoa. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The chief engineer of the steamer Maranoa gives the following account of the fatal accident on board that vessel to the man Neilson. There was no breakdown of the machinery. A small screw in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Tram Accident in Oxford Street. a Line Reprairer Killed
A FATAL accident happened in Oxford-street this afternoon, at a quarter to 3 o'clock, close to the corner of Botany-street. From particulars to hand, it appears that as a…
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MR. DOUGLAS BUCHANAN, of Auburn, who was so seriously injured by being run over by the train at Rook wood last Monday evening, is now in a fair way of recovery…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.-- A Shocking fatal accident occurred in the West Wallsend pit yesterday afternoon. The rope broke, and the bucket on it fell 400 feet,…
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WEST MAITLAND, This Day.-- Mrs. Spence, a resident of Morpeth, died yesterday from the effects of taking a quantity of linament some days since…
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THE City Coroner held an inquest at the South Sydney morgue this morning into the cause of the death of Charles Henn, 24 years of age, a bootfinisher, residing at…
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An inquest was held "before the City Coroner at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday on the remains of a man named Michael Naylon, who was killed by a tram in Oxford-street on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Railway Accident in America
London, March 12.— News from America states that a terrible railway accident occurred on Saturday at Blackshear. Near the town there is a trestle bridge, and as a well-filled passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fatal Accident at the West Wallsend Mine. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
An accident which resulted fatally occurred at the West Wallsend mine yesterday. Six men were working at the bottom of the shaft, and had already sunk 450ft. A bucket containing about 15cwt. of stuff was hauled up, and when…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shocking Accident at a Race Meeting
A shocking accident occurred at the Sandon Hack meeting at Palmerston. In one of the races a horse fell, bringing down six others. A terrible scene followed, the riders and horses being huddled together in…
Continued on Trove, page 650 →Serious Accident at the Victoria Barracks
A very sad incident occurred on the 15th instant, at the Victoria Barracks, Paddington, just as a four-gun battery of the Permanent Artillery was about to leave the enclosure for practice at La Perouse, under command of Major Airey,…
Continued on Trove, page 652 →Fatal Accident at Ipswich, Queensland. a Train and Cad Collide—death of Two Persons. March 15, 1888
A fatal accident occured at the Brisbane-street railway crossing in Little Ipswich on Tuesday afternoon last, at about 5.24 p.m. Mr. Wilson Henry was returning home from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Accident at Harris Park. Run Over by a Train
LAST evening a terrible accident, which proved fatal, occurred at the Harris Park Railway Station, on the Parramatta line. When the 7.45 train arrived at the station…
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An inquest was held on Thursday at Mr. H'Donald's store, Kurrajong, by the coroner, Mr. J. 13. Johnston, on the body of George Boatwright. It appeared by the evidence that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Accident at a Colliery. (By Telegraph.)
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--A shocking accident occurred at the West Wallsend Colliery yesterday evening. A miner named M'Eachrane and four others at the pit bottom had seat up a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Accidentally Drowned
PENRITH, This Day.--Yesterday afternoon a youth named John Henry Wrighton went for a bathe in the Nepean, but getting beyond his depth was drowned. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Double Tram Collision. Two Men Injured. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--On Saturday a tram car at the intersection of Swanston and Collins street collided with a watercart and knocked the driver, James Woods, off, the wheel of the…
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OUR Goodooga correspondent writes that an inquest was held on Thursday by the district Coroner at Wilby Wibby, on the body of a man named Patrick Gowan, who…
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