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The City Coroner has been apprised of the death of an enginedriver named John Hearu (33), residing at No. 84 Lower Campbell-street. The deceased fell downstairs at his residence at about two o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A boy named Cahill, 8 years of age, son of a selector at Maida Hill, near Dalby, was killed recently through falling from his horse.—Two serious accidents.occurred on Tuesday at Charters…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →An accident of a shocking character happened at the Kilkenny Railway Station, on the Port Adelaide and Semaphore line, on Saturday night, by which a married woman…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A drowning case has occurred at Adamstown. It seems a man named Edward Atkinson fell into a pit full of water, and was found there by his friends. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday evening an omnibus came into collision with a cab in George-street, almost opposite the Town Hall. The cab was overturned through the force of the impact, and the driver,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THROUGH a collision between a 'bus and a cab in George-street, opposite the Town Hall, yesterday the driver of the hansom, George Conaghty, was thrown heavily to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The Court of Marine Inquiry to-day concluded the hearing of the charge of incompetence against Captain Hill, of the steamer Derwent, who in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—It is with horror I read of so many dreadful accidents occurring in the streets of Sydney, and how the unfortunate victim is usually placed in a cab and driven off to the hospital. Surely this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A NARROW escape from a serious tram accident occurred on Friday afternoon to Mr. Fred Orr, formerly associate to Mr. Justice Owen. When in a Woollahra tram he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A man named Richard Simpson (aged 37), resently residing with his wife and eight children in Spring-street, Waverley, was fatally burned on Saturday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Court of Marine Inquiry to-day held an inquiry into the charges of misconduct brought by the Marine Board against Arthur Buckley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two fatal accidents of a somewhat similar nature were reported to the City Coroner yesterday morning. The first was the death of Albert Clauson, second officer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The body of a man unknown, about 30 years, supposed to have been engaged in farming pursuits, was found floating in the bay at Port Melbourne this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The adjourned inquest on the body of Miss Stanton, who was killed at the West Maitland station, was concluded yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ANSON OLSEN sued Kerle and Kerle, railway contractors, for £2000 in No. 2 Jury Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Windeyer, for an injury alleged to have been caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KIAMA, Tuesday.--A serious accident occurred on Saturday near Gerringong to a man named Michael Walsh. While duck shooting at Weary Creek Walsh's gun…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne, Thursday.—Three little boys, two brothers named Wenker and one named Mitchell, of Lilydale, found a hag of blasting-powder, weighing about 1½lb, in the railway station yard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armidale, Wednesday.—A terrible accident has just occurred here. A train, when entering Armidale Station, knocked William O'Brien, the gatekeeper, down. One foot was cut off,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An accident happened to a man named O'Brien, acting gatekeeper at the railway crossing on the Inverell road, about a mile from Armidale, this morning. O'Brien was opening the gates, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fatal accident occurred last night to Mary Gerard, a young woman, who was married in Auckland in the morning and left with her husband for his home in the country. On nearing[?]…
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