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A fearful accident occurred at the Queenscliff Fort yesterday, Corporal Charles Brearly and Gunner Donaldson, both of the Geolong Battery, being blown bodily from the breech of a six-inch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.—While the military manoeuvres at the Easter encampment at Queens cliffe were proceeding this morning a 6in Arm strong gun burst. Two men were killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A boating accident happened in the harbor on Sunday afternoon which resulted in a young man named James Erwin losing his life. Deceased, in company with, three other young fellows…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Ballarat West Station, at about midnight on Thursday, a miner named Ricard Hillman, in an unsteady condition, was warned off the platform. It is supposed that he returned,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PENRITH, Saturday.—A fatal accident occurred on the railway at Penrith on Friday evening. On the arrival of the express train from Sydney something was noticed to drop from the engine,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At about 1 o'clock yesterday morning Ralph Jones, night watchman at the Geelong railway station, was crossing the line, but was overtaken by an engine drawing a heavy goods train, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JOHN MORTON GUTHRIE, carpenter, 27 years of ago, proceeded to the dams at Botany in order to recover, a hat which had blown from his son's head into the water…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FRANCIS CLANCY, 2 years of age, living with his parents at No. 2 Garden-street, Padding- ton, sustained serious injury through falling off a balcony. He was admitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Sunday. -- A young man named Dodge was yesterday shooting at Sorell when he accidentally wounded his hand, injuring a leading artery. He was attended by the local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An [?] at suicide by drowning was frustrated[?] night by the plucky action of Mr. Georgy[?], a resident of Bondi, and a member [?] reporting staff of The Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Monday.--A fatal acci[?]pened four miles from Port Arthur on afternoon. A man named John Wal[?] fishing from a boat, was struck by the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A message was received at Queenscliff Fort to-day by Major Daniel from Point Napean, stating that the bleached bones of two persons had been found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident occurred on the railway line near Petersham this morning, fortunately unattended with any fatal result. The ten minutes to ten train, it appears, had just…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An alarming accident occurred on the railway this morning, which happily did not involve any loss of life, although several persons received injuries which narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'The Custom House at Townsville (Q.) was broken into by burglars on Saturday night, and between £80 and £90 in cheques, and upwards of £40 in cash, were stolen from one of the safes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Barrabool, from Melbourne, arrived yesterday. Respecting the steamer's departure from Port Phillip, the following telegram was received on friday last:—"A Queenscliff message states that the steamer Borrabool,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN connection with the blasting accident which occurred on the railway line near the Petersham railway station this morning we learn that the name of the lady who was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PENRITH, Tuesday. -- A serious accident happened here to a young lady named Miss Hall. It seems Miss Hall was alighting from her buggy in order to view the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A woman named Annie O'Brien, 30 years of age, a boardinghouse-keeper, died in the Sydney Hospital yesterday from injuries received by falling down stairs at her residence. She…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The water police had been dragging since Sunday for the body of the young man James Erwin, who was drowned on Sunday afternoon off Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, through the capsizing of a…
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