Action for £5000. Loss of a Leg. Tram and Buggy Accident
The action brought by Mary Marsden M'Whannell, a child, by her nearest friend, Henry Deakin, against the Railway Commissioners, claiming £5000 damages for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidents, 1893
2,722 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 137
Action for £5000. Loss of a Leg. Tram and Buggy Accident. Result of a Sunday Drive. Pleasure and Pain--Severe Cross-examination--Action by an Infant
In No. 2 Jury Court this morning, before his Honor the Chief Justice and a jury of four, an action was brought to recover £5000 from the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in the North. Great Loss of Property. Singleton Swamped. Water Subsiding at Raymond Terrace. Excitement and Anxiety at Newcastle --The Highest Flood Known on the Hunter--Many Settlers Ruined --A Scene of Desolation-- Latest News from Maitland--The Town Entirely Submerged-- Government Aid for Sufferers. The Damage to Railways--Reported Deaths by Drowning
On the instruction of the Premier £1000 has been placed at the disposal of the police magistrate at West Maitland for the relief of those suffering from the effects of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods. the Waters Subsiding. the Disastre at Branxton. Buildings Completely Submerged. the Belmore Bridge Much Shattered. Houses and Sheds Swept Down the River. Three Persons Drowned by the Upsetting Op a Rescue Boat. a Scene of Devastation and Run. Tremendous Loss of Crops. Loss of Life at Singleton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) West Maitland
When I telegraphed at 9.45 last night I stated that the flood-water was still rising, and creeping up High-street. At 10 p.m. the back water had risen to high that it swept down…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Action for £5000. Loss of a Leg. Tram and Buggy Accident
The action brought by Mary Marsden M'Whannell, a child, by her nearest friend, Henry Deakin, against the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident
BEGA, Monday. -- On Sunday afternoon a young married man named John O'Brien, in the employ of Mrs. John O'Neill, of Briandairy, was drowned whilst bathing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hunter River Floods. the Waters Subsiding. the Drowned and Missing. the Residents Returning to Their Homes. the Enormous Losses in Buildings, Cattle, and Crops. Damage to Railways and Bridges. the Water Journey Between Maitland and Newcastle. the Requests for Help. Starting a Relief Fund in Sydney. a Tour of West Maitland. the New Channel Cut by the River
EAST MAITLAND, Monday, 9 p.m. -- The floods are at last making a substantial subsidence. East Maitland is virtually clear, though the waters continue to rush with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality
At Prince Alfred Hospital Tuesday as inquest was commenced on the body of John Huxtable, a railway guard, who died in the institution on Monday morning from the effects of injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned in a Creek
GLEN INNES, Tuesday.—The body of a man named Schmutter, who was drowned in Marowen Creek on Friday, was recovered on Sunday in an upright position with a whip in his hand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Recent Shipping Accidents
It is stated that after a must favourable position had been obtained for launchiug the steamer Belmere at Coff's Harbour, last Wednesday's gale sent everything flying, and the vessel has practically been abandoned. Salvage work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hocking Mining Accident. Melbourne
A[?]ng man, named Alfred Clarke, engaged in w[?] below in the Amalgamated Scotchman's Com[?]y mine, at Stawell, met with a very serio[?] accident this afternoon. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tram and Buggy Collision
The hearing of the action in which Henry Wich is suing the Railway Commissioners for £100 for personal injuries and damages caused to his buggy through collision with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram and Buggy Collision. Action Against the Railway Commissioners. Damages Laid at £100
An action was commenced in the District Court this morning, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge and a jury of four, in which the plaintiff, Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to the City of Peking
The delay of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's City of Peking in reaching San Francisco was, it is now known, caused by a casual[?]y similar to that which befel the Umbria in the Atlantic recently. Her shaft broke, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to the Steamer Sydney
THURSDAY ISLAND, Wednesday. -- Hongkong files to hand by the steamer Changsha state that the Messageries steamer Sydney, while anchored near the Woosung lighthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Fatality
TEMORA, Thursday.—A dreadful accident happened to-day at Mr. Campbell's Red Hill farm adjoining the town, causing the death of a selector named H. Field. It appears that Field got on to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram and Buggy Collision
The hearing of the action in which Henry Wich is suing the Railway Commissioners for £100 for personal injuries and damages caused to his buggy through collision with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Steamboat Accident. DAMAGES £2000
On Thursday in No. 2 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice Innes and a jury of four, the hearing of the case Carroll v. Howard Smith and Company was commenced. The case of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident on the Rodondo. Action Against Howard Smith and Co
The case of Elizabeth Carrol v. W. Howard Smith and Sons, Limited, was commenced in No. 2 Jury Court this afternoon before Sir George Innes and a jury of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatality at North Sydney
Shortly before 6 o'clock on Thursday evening an accident happened at North Sydney which resulted in a brick carter named Henry Smith being killed. Smith was driving a horse and dray…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →