Railway Collision. Trucks Derailed and Wrecked. BRISBANE
A collision between two goods trains occurred at Goodna to-day. Three trucks were derailed and almost completely smashed up. No one was…
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THE S.S. Australian in a Gale. the Mate Washed Overboard and Drowned Mllbourne
Upon the arrival of the steamer Australian at Warrnambool this morning Captain Boyd reported that terrible weather had been experienced during the voyage from Newcastle, and that the…
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A boy named Arthur Loady, residing with his parents at Longueville, was playing in the garden with his little sister yesterday afternoon, when she accidentally struck him on the eye with a pick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Lift Accident. Death of Mr. Joseph Leeds. a Well-known Man of Business
( Mr. Joseph Leeds, the well-known auctioneer. and stock and station agent, met an awful death about half-past 6 o'clock yesterday evening by falling down the lift-well at Camden Buildings,…
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NEWCASTLE. Friday.—Alfred Lemotte, a single man, on the railway, was thrown from a buggy at Walisend yesterday evening, and received severe injuries. Dr Nash attended. him, and had him…
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WARREN, Friday.—General regret was expressed here this morning when the news arrived that Mr. Joseph Leeds, senior partner of the local firm of Joseph Leeds Company, had been…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—When the Whits Star ship Aristides was leaving port yesterday, bound to London, and setting sail, the main topgallant halyards carried away, bringing down a block, which struck…
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A serious accident befel a boy named Arthur Soady, 10, residing at Longueville, yesterday. The boy was playing in the garden with his sister, and during their romping the latter inadvertently…
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List night, soon after 6 o'clock, Mr. Joseph Leeds, the well-known stock and station agent, met with a fatal accident. He had just returned…
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A terrible fatal accident occurred in the Eleanora mine at 7 o'clock this morning. Albert E. Goodwin, while engaged in sinking the south shaft, was struck below the shoulder-blades in a slanting…
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A miner named Albert E. Goodwin met a terrible death while at work in the Eleanora mine yesterday morning. A piece of timber fell from above No.2 level…
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An accident occurred on board the ship Aristides when she was being towed to sea yesterday morning. The main gallant halyard carried away,…
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Balmain was the scene of another blasting accident yesterday. A man named Antony Stirling was employed on the sewerage works now being carried on there by Messrs. Carter, Gummow, and Co., and was tamping at…
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BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--A verdict of accidental death was recorded in the case of Henry Williams, who fell off, and was run over by, a butcher's cart on Tuesday, and died yesterday…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--When the ship Aristides had left Nobby's about 10 miles astern this morning, bound for London, with wool, and while sail was being set, the maintopgallant halyards…
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HILLGROWVE, Thursday.--A fatal accident occurred at the Eleanora mine this morning. Albert Goodwin was working in the south shaft, when the bueket, which was being hauled up,…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--In connection with the accident to the cattle train on the Esk line, the Railway Department has received a claim from the Graziers' Butchering Company as…
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A very sad drowing case, in which three brothers, George Heory Kerslake aged 18, Philip Kerslake 10, and Stephen Kerslake 8, met their deaths, occurred at Druitt Town, on…
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KIAMA, Saturday.—A sad drowning accident [?] here yesterday evening, when Florence Tid[?] an infant daughter of Mrs. H. Tidmarsh, lost life in a creek about fifty yards from the house…
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The site of the Balmain colliery shaft was the scene of another accident this morning, when Frederick Shoeffier, one of the workmen, was struck by a crane…
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