Fatal Accident to a Miner
NEWCASLE, This Day.--In the Ferndale pit yesterday morning some coal fell on to the neck of an old miner named Davies, killing him instantly…
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Accidents
A youth named William Kenny, aged 16, residing with his parents at Waterloo, was taken to the Sydney Hospital, yesterday, suffering from concussion of the brain and a…
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MELBOUBNE, Monday.—On Sunday afternoon, about half-past 2 o'clock, a train from Melbourne reached Collingwood station. At thia point, in order to carry passengers to Heidelberg, the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The fishermen, Benson and Guy, who were reported as missing at Portland, have been drowned without doubt. Their boat was on Thursday washed ashore near Cape…
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At half-past 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a train from Melbourne reached Collingwood station. At this point, in order to carry passengers to Heidleberg, the train is shunted on to another line…
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LONDON, Friday.--The Board of Trade yesterday concluded its inquiry into the collision in the English Channel, on February 3, between the steamer Nereid and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality in Pittstreet. Crushed by a Fall of Earth
AT about 10.30 this morning a sad fatality occurred at the intersection of [?]nion-lane and Pitt-street, on a section of ground which is being excavated for building…
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A sad case of drowning, occurred at St. Peters at about half-past l2 on Saturday. A youth named Alfred. Hatfield aged 17, who resided with his parents in Alfred-street, St. Peters, was levelling…
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The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the steamer Nereid and the ship Killochan, inward bound from Auckland, New Zealand, on…
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An inquiry has been held into the circumstances connected with the collision in the English Channel between the steamer Nereid and the ship Killochan, from New…
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Miss Mabel Sylvester, the well-known lady fancy skater, met with a serious accident while skating at the Bondi Aquarium last night. It appears that the heel of one of her skates got…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—An old man named Davies met his death on Thursday in Ferndale Colliery. He was at work when a quantity of coal came away, striking him on the neck and…
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Our Wiseman's Ferry correspondent writes:—Not without regret I have to report a lose sustained by the Rev. J. King Brown, of St. Albans, whilst discharging pastoral duties. He had to conduct…
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A fatal boat accident happened on Lake Torrens, South Australia, on Wednesday, 20th. instant, whereby four lives are supposed to have been lost. A twin boat, with a deck between, propelled by, a screw,…
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A disastrous railway accident is reported from Canada. A train on the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway fell into a ravine. Forty of the…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--An inquest was held yesterday, touching the death of William Davies, who was killed in the Ferndale pit on the previous day…
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PARRAMATTA, This Day.--A young man named Henry Wilson, married, and living in Rosehill-street, Parramatta, was last evening loading a revolver after having…
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LONDON, Thursday Night.--A disastrous railway accident is reported from Canada. A train on the Grand Trunk Railway ran on the rails and then fell down a ravine…
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The Acting-Coroner held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue, on Friday, Feb. 22, into the circumstances surrounding the death of the cabman Sydney Denham, who was killed on the…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—At the inquest on the body of the miner Wm. Davies, who was killed in Ferndale pit on Thursday, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The jury also found that…
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