Accidents and Offences. a Duke's Suicide. Mysterious Inquest. Colliery Explosion. Sixty Killed. Terrible Railway Collision
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 11
LONDON, January 22.—A disastrous colliery explosion has taken place at the Tasnovada Colliery, near Azov, in the south of Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Terrible Disasters in America. Collision in Kansas—colliery Explosion in Pennsylvania
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 16
LONDON, Jan. 27.—A train conveying back 70 cavalry, the recent Indian rebellion, collided with an express train in Kansas, and both the trains were wrecked by the force of the impact…
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Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 5
A case of vagrancy surrounded by somewhat distressing circumstances was heard at the Wagga Police Court on Friday. A girl named Mary Evans, aged 17, was brought up on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Railway Accident in America. London, Jan. 27
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 240
A train conveying back 70 cavalry, the heroes of the recent Indian rebellion, collided with an express train in Kansas, and both the trains were wrecked by…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 5
WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- An accident happened yesterday afternoon at the Mount Pleasant colliery to a miner named William Kenning. The unfortunate man had ignited a…
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The Australian Star · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 5
WINDSOR, Saturday.--A boy and girl named Hibbs were drowned at the mouth of Mangrove Creek on Wednesday. No particulars are yet to hand…
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The Australian Star · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 6
The death of the man who was yesterday found lying dead on the railway line near the Burwood station was inquired into to-day at an inquest held before the city…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Two bodies were found in the Yarra yesterday--one of a man about 80 years of age, whose name is unknown, and the other of a man named Hamilton, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Cutter. a Woman and Two Children Drowned
The Australian Star · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 2
A CORRESPONDENT of the Fiji Times has furnished particulars regarding the partial wreck of a cutter on the reel near: Savu Savu. During the gale on December 29 an…
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Evening News · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 6
A boy named James Edward Curry, aged 13, while walking along George street on Saturday, slipped on a piece of banana skin, and struck his head on the pavement. He died soon afterwards…
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Evening News · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 6
A laborer named Michael Casey, 55, died in the Sydney hospital this morning. The deceased was admitted to the Hospital on January 17, suffering from injuries received through being…
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Evening News · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 5
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.—Through a blasting accident at Mount Pleasant Colliery on Thursday, a miner named Wm, Kenning received terrible injuries. He was in the act of putting a…
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The Australian Star · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A miner named. William Parr met with a serious accident at South Wallsend on Saturday through a charge of blasting powder exploding almost…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 5
A man named Alfred Clarkson, 32 yeara of ago, who until recently resided at Albion-street, Randwick, died suddenly last night at 203 Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo. He was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Drowning Fatality at Mangrove
Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1891 · page 4
A correspondent writes: In connection with this sad affair, if is only fair to mention that Constable Murdoch, of Peat's Perry. was unremitting in his efforts to restore the bodies to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Street Fatality
The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 February 1891 · page 6
THE City Coroner to-day inquired into the death of a man named Michael Casey, who died at the Sydney Hospital on Sunday night from injuries received on January 17…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 February 1891 · page 6
GRAFTON, Tuesday.--The body of a man named Eastman was found floating in Whiteman's Creek yesterday. He had evidently been drowned some days. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned in Centennial Park
Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1891 · page 2
The mystery concerning the death of a man who was drowned in one of the dams in Centennial Park on January 20, has at last been cleared up. The man was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at the Pitt-street Baths
The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 February 1891 · page 7
AT the inquest held at Redf[?]rn yesterday afternoon, relative to the death of a boy named James Curry, 13, who died at his parents' residence, 50 Cleveland-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Explosion. Two Men Injured. HILLGROVE
The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 February 1891 · page 6
Another explosion occurred here this morning at Baker's Creek, by which two men named Brown and Reid were injured. While blasting operations were being…
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