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TOOWOOMBA, Sunday, 1 p.m.--Communication has been cut off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and no news is to hand from the capital of any sort. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The flood in the Brisbane River reached its highest point at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. There was then a rise of 34ft. in the river, which was 16ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BATHURST, Monday.-An accident which had a fatal termination occurred on the railway line near Kelso, on Saturday afternoon. An employee named James Swan endeavored to ascend an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A shocking accident happened this afternoon on the railway line near Kelso to an employee named James Swun. He endeavoured to ascend an engine while in motion, but slipped and fell under the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An alarming mining accident occurred at Ballarat this morning at the Sir Henry Loch mine. Shifts were being changed, when a' steam-pipe connected with the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrible accident occurred on Saturday evening, when Mr. James Swan, examiner of the railway line, had both his 'legs below the knees severely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The death of ike man Timothy Duggan, whose body was found on Sunday at the foot of aa embankment between Prince Alfred Park and the Redfern Railway Yard, formed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-A woman named Mabel Lilian Power, wife of a carter named Joseph Power, residing in a two-roomed wooden tenement, met with a shocking death yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LISMORE, Monday.--Captain Harry Gollan, of the river steamer Messenger, was drowned at Woodburn on Saturday night. He fell overboard While the steamer was lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TOOWOOMBA, Tuesday.—The flood waters here are slowly receding. The Burnett River has risen 25ft above sammer level, and upward of 100 families are flooded out in the low-lying lands of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As Dr. Garrett, of Parramatta, accompanied by his wife and infant child and Miss M. Davies, were driving in from Guildford on Monday evening, something went wrong with the harness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious accident happened about 7 o'clock this morning at the Sir Henry Loch mine, Ballarat. While a cage laden with quartz was being brought up the shaft, which is 1600ft. deep, the steam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harry Gollan, master of the steamer Magnet, was drowned at Woodburn on Saturday night through falling off a plank when going aboard. Deceased was a splendid swimmer, and must have suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An alarming mining accident occurred at Ballarat this morning at the Sir Henry Loch mine. Shifts were being changed, when a steam-pipe connected with the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A sensational accident occurred at the Sir Henry Loch mine, at Redan, near Ballarat, this morning, when a steampipe connected with the winding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A married woman named Mabel Lilian Power, residing in Collingwood, was roasted to death this morning. She had been recently confined and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is no communication with Brisbane. The flood waters are slowly receding. It is reported that a family named Gillick, at Goodna, seven in number, have been drowned. Other fatalities are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A railway accident of a terrible nature happened this morning at the old Newtown railway station, whereby a wood and coal merchant, named William Jones, who carried on business…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Between 6.30 and 7 o'clock this morning a gas explosion, by which two men were injured, occurred at the head office of the Australian Joint Stock Bank at the corner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about 6 o'clock on Tuesday evening a run-away took place at Manly by which a lady had a narrow escape with her life. Mr. England, of the English Union Hotel, North Shore, had driven a…
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