Fatal Artillery Accident. Gunners Killed and Wounded
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 44
MELBOURNE, March 30.—A fearful catastrophe occurred at Queenscliff on Saturday, which has cast quite a gloom on the Easter military encampment here. While a detachment of tho Geelong…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Accidents and Offences. the Mafia in America. Irish Courthouse Burned. a Plentiful Polygamist. Assassination in Bulgaria
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 12
LONDON, March 26.—Detective O'Malley who was alleged to have been employed by the Italians in connection with the trial of the murderers of Police-officer…
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The Australian Star · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 6
THE inquest on the body of William Butts, the railway employee who met with such a shocking death near the Redfern tunnel last evening, was held this afternoon at the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 6
The latest news with regard to the condition of Sappers Borland, Brentuall and Adams is that they are each much better. Borland is still very deaf, though the wounds of all are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Conferen[?]ell[?]n Collision. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 3
The extent of the dnmage caused to the barque Ellen by being run into by the barque Conference on Thursday night has not yet been ascertained. Mr. Thomas Brooks, Lloyd's surveyor, has made a survey of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fatality at Middle Head. Lady Jersey's Proposal. the Funeral. a Sympathetic Community
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 5
A deep melancholy settled upon the military at Middle Head after the awful calamity of Friday night. Both officers and men experienced it, and their interest in the ordinary proceedings of camp life was…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 3
A sensational contretemps occurred on the Rosehill Racecourse on Friday evening. Some 300 mounted Cavalry had arrived in Parramatta about dusk from the camp at Campbelltown,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Torpedo Disaster at Middle Head. the Funeral of the Victims. an Imposing Military Cortege. the Official Inquiry Into the Disaster. the Condition of the Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 5
The Artillery camp at the Heads was on Saturday broken up under the most melancholy circumstances. From the time of the accident the previous afternoon till the men left the scene…
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Evening News · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 6
There are a number of cases of smuggling cigars by Chinamen occupying the attention of the court at Perth (W.A.). Hi Ki Chong, the Chinaman who murdered a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatalities and Accidents. Death in the Parramatta Gaol
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 6
A young man named Patrick Ford, 24 years of age, died in the Parramatta Gaol yesterday. He bad been under remand from the Parramatta court since the 16th ult. and was under medical…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 6
An inquest was bold on Saturday, before the Deputy City Coroner, Mr. W. T, Pinhey, J,P., on the body of the railway employe, William Butts, who was killed in the Eveleigh tunael…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 7
THREE out of tho 10 survivors of Friday's disaster at Middle Head continue to remain under medical treatment, and are now located in the Garrison Hospital at the…
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Evening News · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 6
John Nelson, a resident of New Lambton, was found lying dead on the road leading to Adamstown on saturday. It appears from the statement of a son deceased that his father, since…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall of Coal. Accident to a Minor. NEWCASTLE
The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 5
Alex. Read, a miner employed in Hetton Pit, had his shoulder dislocated and sustained comparatively slight internal injuries by a fall of coal between 10 and 11 o'clock…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A seaman named James Nicholson, belonging to the barque Glenafton, while occupied painting the side of the vessel this morning, missed his footing and fell…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Shortly before 7 o'clock this evening a collision, which might have been attended with serious consequences, took place on the northern railway line at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Case of Drowning in Newcastle Harbour. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Corrspondent.) Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 5
Shortly before 11 o'clock this morning a seaman on board the barque Glen Aften, lying in midstream, named Wilson, whilst engaged painting the side of the vessel overbalanced himself and fell into the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision at Newcastle. (By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 5
A collsion occurred this evening between the outgoing goods train from Newcastle to Murrurund[?] and the incoming goods train from Singrleton. Fortunately the only damage done was to a buffer of the engine of…
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Evening News · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 6
RYLSTONE, Wednesday.—A shocking accident, attended with fatal results occurred at the railway station this morning. After the departure of the mail train for Mudgee some trucks which…
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Evening News · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 6
A collision occurred on Tuesday between the outgoing goods train from Newcastle to Murrurundi and the incoming goods train from Singleton. The only damage done was to a buffer of…
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