A Peculiar Accident. Two Men and a Boy Injured
ADELAIDE, Monday.-A serious accident occurred on Saturday, when a life-saving rocket apparatus was being tried by some men from the Protector, under the charge of Commander…
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Railway Accident in South Australia. Many of the Passengers Injured. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Monday.--A railway collision occurred some distance north of Farina, in the north, on Sunday evening. A passenger train from Adelaide ran into an engine, with several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hauroto-king Arthur Collision. Decision of the Marine Board. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Marine Court of Inquiry appointed to investigate the cause of the collision between the steamer Haurote and the ship King Arthur returned its decision to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide
Saturday's Adelaide train was delayed at Farina till 7.30 on Sunday evening. A strong wind was blowing from the south. An arrangement has apparently existed between the Farina…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Late Collision in Hobson's Bay. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Marine Court of Inquiry to-day gave its decision regarding the collision between the steamer Hauroto, from Fiji, and the ship King Arthur in Hobson'e Bay on the night of January 1. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident in a Colliery. a Pall of Stone
WOLLONGONG, Monday.-In Mount Kembla Colliery on Saturday a fall of some thousands of tons of stone occurred without the slightest warning. In fact, in that portion of the colliery…
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A collision, by which a railway carriage was considerably damaged, occurred at Liverpool last evening. The passenger train which leaves Red-fern at 5.17 for Picton was standing at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Her Majesty's Theatre. an "Afghan" Shot
During the performance of "Youth" at Her Majesty's Theatre last evening, a painful accident happened to one of the stage hands, named Charles Woods. In the garb of an Afghan he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Blasting Accident
MELBOURNE, Monday.-A serious blasting accident occurred at Heathcote on Saturday night. Jas Bannon and William Howard were charging a shot when it exploded, inflicting frightful…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.-An accident took place on Saturday evening, on the Switchback Railway, owing to some scoundrel having secreted several pieces of wood on the line. A car, loaded with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Accident to the Eurimbla
It was a very narrow escape from a calamity that occurred to the Eurlmbla when leaving Bundaberg. A few brief particulars were received by wire at the time, and these anticipated the vessel's report of the affair in some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Accidents on the Victorian Railways. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
An accident happened to-day on the line in front of the Williamstown Pier station, by which James Whelan, an able seaman of the ship Winstay, lost his life. He had received a certificate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Accident to Mr. Spurgeon. Growing Worse. London, January 14
The recent accident by which the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon sustained severe injuries through falling downstairs at Mentone has proved more serious than at first…
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MESSRS. W. HOWARD SMITH AND SONS were advised this morning, on the arrival of the steamer Hauroto from Melbourne, that their steamers, the Age and…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--All danger of Mr. Garrett, the cricketer, being attacked with paralysis, which was at first feared, owing to the wrench he gave himself in…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--Two fatal railway accidents were reported yesterday. James Whelan, a sailor, who had just been paid off from the ship Wynnstay, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Football Accident. a Derby Footballer Killed. London, January 14
At a football match at Derby on Saturday last a member of the Derby Eleven, named Cropper, was fatally kicked, and died shortly afterwards from his injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Collision. Several Passengers Injured
ADELAIDE, Monday.-The Commissioner [?] Railways received this morning a wire from the stationmaster at Farina, stating that at accident had occurred some distance north of that…
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The Acting-Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., held an inquest at the Croydon Hotel yesterday relative to the death of a man, name unknown, whose dead body was found upon the rocks on the west side of Circular…
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