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The officers appointed to inquire into the recent railway accident at Petersham, by which several ladies were injured by some blasting operations, have forwarded their report to the Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During an amateur performance of "Romeo and Juliet " in Manohester last night, Mr. Whalley, who was playing the part of Meroutio, was accidentally killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BATHURST, Friday. --A magisterial inquiry was held at the courthouse yesterday afternoon, before Mr. J. B. Graham, district coroner, as to the death of Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A report has been received by the Railway Commissioners from the board appointed to investigate into the case of the accident to the train near Petersham on Tuesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE immediate vicinity of the Redfern tunnel was the scene last evening of another frightful accident. A railway employee named William Butts was standing on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The injured men are :--Sappers P. Bretnall, D. Wailes, J. A. Adams, W. Borland, G. Blakeman, W. Tully, J. King, and J. H. Bowmaker. Bretnall is perhaps a trifle worse than the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE Friday.--A collision occurred in the harbor last night. The barque Conference whilst sailing into port ran into the barque Ellen, which was moored in midstream ready to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night at 10 o'clock an alarm was given that a collision had taken place up the harbour. It proved to be that the Iron barque Conference had run into the barque Ellen while trying to make her…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A terrible accident occurred afternoon, resulting in the death of four men and the injuring of eight others. The Earl of Jersey, Lady Jersey, the Ladies Maud and Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We regret to have to record the sad death of one of Penrith's most promising youths, in the person of William Henry Dolan, one of the third sons of Mr. Bartholomew…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →With the Easter military manoeuvres of 1891 will long be associated the most painful recollections. A dire calamity all the more deplorable because it is evident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JAMES George Fewster, aged 41, was killed at Middle Park Station, [?] are Melbourne, last Thursday. He was awaiting the train for Melbourne. A friend crossed the line to inquire whether they…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Yesterday afternoon an elder sister took an infant, aged 18 months, in a perambulator out on the Mornington cliffs. She left the vehicle for a moment, when it ran down the slope and over the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fearful accident occurred at the Queenscliff Fort yesterday, Corporal Charles Brearly and Gunner Donaldson, both of the Gtelong Lattery, being blown bodily from the breech of a…
Continued on Trove, page 770 →OOF BIRD (ever punctilious) to The Old Un, who is In a blue funk: "Kindly explain my absence to the Boss the morning, the keys of the safe you will find in the left hand pocket of my trouser's, and don't forget you have already drawn £2 10s on account of your this week's salary."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A terrible accident, which resulted in the death of a railway employe named William Butts occurred yesterday afternoon, At Eveleigh It appears that Butts, who was a carpenter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND, Friday.--Mr. Horswell, a prominent tradesman of Naseby, together with two local bankers, was out duck shooting to-day when by some means he received the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Friday,--The Minister for Defence has finally decided to appoint a board of inquiry into the Queenscliff gun accident. The following will constitute the board :--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHORTLY before half-past 10 o’clock on Tuesday morning a peculiar accident, fortunately unattended with any very serious results, occurred at Petersham. A blasting…
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