Railway Accident in America. Collision Near New York. Twenty Passengers Killed
LONDON, January 15.—A terrible collision occurred to-day between two express trains at Hackensack, New Jersey, about 12 miles from New York…
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Accident to Pyrmont Bridge. the Steamer Age Is Collision. Extensive Damage to the Structure Traffic Stopped for Some Days. Steamer Balmain Bumped To-day. Statement of the Age's Captain
Last evening a serious accident happened to the Pyrmont Bridge, foot of Market-street, and which will entail considerable inconvenience on residents of the busy suburb the other side of Darling…
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Operations in connection with the recovery of the body or Robert Richardson, the second victim of the Proprietary accident, have been suspended since Friday morning, and it has been decided that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Star's Special Cables Railway Collision. Two Trains Wrecked. Close to Jersey City. Fifteen Lives Lost. Many Persons Injured-- Shocking Scenes at the Disaster. London, January 16
A shockingly fatal railway disaster is reported from America. The catastrophe occurred near Jersey City. Two trains, came into collision owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Railway Disaster in America. Collision Between Two Express Trains. London, Jan. 15
A terrible railway disaster has taken place at Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A. Two express trains came into collision. Twenty passengers were killed, and many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Victoria. Immense Damage to Property. Great Loss of Live Stock. Farmers the Chief Sufferers-- Destruction of Crops-- An Estimate of the Damage-- Disheartening Details -- Narrow Escapes from Drowning
Additional particulars continue to come to hand regarding the disastrous floods experienced in Victoria. A telegram from Orbost says that for the fourth time in…
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LONDON, Monday Night. -- Telegrams from New York give particulars of a railway accident which has occurred at Haversack, 14 miles from New York, on…
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LONDON, Wednesday, -- A terrible cyclone has been experienced in the Black Sea. Ten vessels were wrecked, and their entire crews drowned…
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An accident occurred yesterday at the establishment of Messrs. Potts and Paul, ship chandlers, in Erskine-street, to one of the employees, a stonemason, named Lawrence Dalziel, 40, who lives in…
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Mr. Robert Anderson, a resident of Berry-street, North. Sydney, met with, a serious accident on Wednesday evening. while travelling from Sydney to the Shore. As the 6.10 boat from…
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There was a breakdown on the railway line at Arncliffe to- day. The train was the special for the Warwick Farm pony races, but there was little delay, as the 1.5 p.m…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Lucy Wawn, 17, who was visiting Mordialloc, was drowned yesterday through being carried out of the fence of the swimming baths by the strong current. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Bathing Fatality. a Young Lady Drowned. Two Others Narrowly Escape. MELBOURNE
A sad bathing fatality occurred yesterday at Mordialloc baths. Three young ladies went in to bathe, but a strong current carried them out of their depth. They managed…
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WINDSOR, Thursday.--A woman named Forbes, wife of a poultry farmer living near Rouse-hill, drowned herself in Caddi Creek on Tuesday. The District Coroner held an…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At Mordialloc baths yesterday afternoon, a young woman named Lucy Evelyn Warn, 17 years of age, accompanied by her sister and a girl friend,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dynamite Outrage. Explosion on a Mail Feat. M.M. Steamer Equateur Damaged. Three Seamen Killed. Another Badly Injured. London, January 18
Telegrams from Paris report a disastrous explosion on board one of the Messageries Maritimes mail steamers. The Equateur bad arrived in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster. Collision of Trains. Twenty-five Persons Killed. Many Members of the Elite Among the Victims. Sorrow in the Ranks of New York and Washington Society. London, Jaunary 18
New York telegrams give details of a terrible railway catastrophe which has occurred near the town of Chester, Carolina. Two trains travelling on the…
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The following telegram was posted at the Telegraph Office yesterday:—Forster reports that the steamer Kingsley in trying to cross out this morning stuck on the bar. She is likely to get off by to-morrow (Friday)…
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At the inquest on the body of Mr. W. C. Cock, of South Australia, who was drowned at the First Basin, Launceston, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. The evidence showed that the…
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