Terrible Railway Accident. Fall Over Embankment
LONDON, January 12.—A terrible railway accident has occurred near Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States. A train became derailed and fell over an embankment 50…
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Slight Accident to the Strathclyde
As telegraphed by our correspondent, the voyage of the Strathclyde hence to Melbourne was protracted by a slight accident. An account of the vessel's arrival at Melbourne is as follows:—"The Strathelyde left Sydney at 2 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Gun Accident Near Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn
A sad accident occurred at Carrick yesterday, resulting in the death of the victim, a bridge carpenter named Frederick Anderson, working on the railway. About half-past 7 Anderson was sitting with…
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THE number of accidents which have occurred at Cookatoo Island during the last five years is shown by a return laid before the Assembly last night to have been 32,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rosehill Tram Accident. Accused Committed for Trial. PARRAMATTA
Thomas Merchant and Daniel Brown, aged 14 and 15 respectively, on remand, were before the court this morning on a charge of tampering with the points of the…
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A man named Stoker, secretary to the Hetton miners, met with a somewhat serious accident. He was walking near Carrington, when two 'buses, which is often the case,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Country. a Fatal Gun Accident
GOULBURN, Wednesday.--A distressing occurence took place last evening, resulting in the death of a man named Frederick Anderson, a bridge carpenter and one of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Railway Disaster in America. a Train Falls Over an Embankment. the Carriages Smashed to Pieces. Two Passengers Killed. Many Seriously Injured. London, Jan. 12
A terrible railway accident is reported to have taken place at Crawfordsville, Indiana (U.S.). A train ran off the rails and fell over an embankment a depth of…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- Jacob Soberer, the master of the ketch Enterprise, was drowned at Port Adelaide yesterday. He had paid a visit to the steamer James Comrie and…
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A man named Fleming met with a serious accident through an explosion of dynamite at the silver mines, Bora Creek, on Monday. The charge was put in on Saturday and for…
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LONDON, January 7— Mr. Lawrence Irving, son of Mr. Henry Irving, has shot himself in the lung at Belfast. It is believed that the occurrence was accidental…
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IT was reported to the City Coroner this morning that a little boy named Hector Waterhouse, son of Mr. William Waterhouse, J.P., of Thomas-Btreet, North…
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A youth named Webb, who resided with his parents at Cannonbury Grove, Dulwich Hill, on Thursday, January 7, went fishingin alarge waterhole in the vicinity of Woolli Creek, and by some…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Collision at Sea. London, Jan. 9
The four-masted barque Mashona, 2350 tons, bound from Cardiff to Port Pirie, South. Australia, has been in collision with the iron screw steamer Chateworth, 966 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 128 →Terrible Fatality. Cut in Two by a Train. HOBART
Patrick Fogarty, a ganger at the Strathan gravel pits, was cut nearly in two by loaded trucks yesterday, and died instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Fatality at Enmore. a Newsboy Killed by a Team
A shocking fatality took place at the Enmore tram terminus on the evening of Jan.7 As the 5.30 p.m. tram was nearing the terminus a newsboy named Walter Henry Roche, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Suppression of Slavery in Africa. Captain of a Steamer Drowned. Europeans Shot by Arab Slavers. London, Jan. 15
The African Lakes Company's steamer Domira captured and burnt two slave dhows on Lake Nyassa, in Africa. A storm swamped the boats while returning…
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A very painful accident occurred to a young man named Lewin Best, driver of a baker's cart for Messrs. Lucas find Bissland. The young man was engaged in performing his usual round at…
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Mr. Cotton was the chief of a large house in the city. Long experience and native confidence had given him a quiet, imperious air, and when he spoke it was to command…
Continued on Trove, page 146 →Mining Accident. Goulburn
A man named Fleming met with a serious accident through an explosion of dynamite at the silver mines, Bora Creek; on Monday. The charge was put in on Saturday and for…
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