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LONDON, Friday.--The steamer Duke of Buckingham has returned to London Docks for repairs, having been in collision with a steamer, name unknown, at Holehaven, on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A collision took place yesterday, off Holehaven, on the south coast of England, between the R.M.S. Duke of Buckingham, bound from London to Brisbane, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thomas Henry Selvage, aged 7 years, residing with his parents in Little Devonshire-street, was brought to the Prince Alfred Hospital this morning by a man named Mr. J. J. Brennand. Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Most of the injuries end deaths an railways are, of course, due to trains running over people, but a surprisingly large number occur in a much simpler way. In one year, for instance, 3 people were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The infant daughter of Mr. R. Littlejohn, Sherwood Heights, Merrylands, was pushed by a dog against a tank, the rim of which cut a gash just above her right eye. The child…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held on Monday, February 1, at the Royal Hotel, Granville, by Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., District Coroner, on the body of Charles Palmer, an employee of the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MUDGEE, Friday.--A child 11 months old was severely burned at Merrindee yesterday through a shovel of hot coals being spilled over her by a sister who was carrying the coals out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,--Knowing from past experience that your columns are always open to arrive at the real facts, and as one who has had considerable railway experience, I venture to offer a few remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The terrible railway accident at Redfern a few years ago, was all but repeated on Monday, when two passenger trains collided in the station yard. Fortunately no one was killed, although several…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →This afternoon Jessie Rixon, aged 8, the youngest daughter of James Rixon, was drowned. A number of children were out for a walk after Sunday school on the bank of the river, at the foot of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A boy, aged seven, named Thomas Henry Selvage was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital on Saturday morning suffering from injuries to the best caused by being run over by a wheel of a trolly. The lad was running…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A plucky rescue took place at Rushcutter's Bay yesterday afternoon. A child fell over the sea wall into the water, and was nearly drowned when Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON, Saturday.--The Coroner held an inquest at Stuart Town yesterday on the body of a man found dead in the dam at Poorman's Claim. The deceased tied his legs together,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A child, aged 3, named John W. Brown, was found drowned last evening in a pit rat the Bunnerong Wool washing. Works, Botany. Deceased, who resided with his parents close by, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A youth named George Baker, residing at 140 Buckingham-street, city, was the victim of a cycling accident yesterday in Wells-street, Redfern. He was riding on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A cyclist named George Baker, residing at Buckingham-street, Redfern, collided with a 'bus in Regent-street on Saturday evening. The wheels of the vehicle passed over Baker's legs, inflicting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A serious accident occurred to Robert Foster yesterday afternoon at the railway deviation works, two miles from here. Foster and others were working in Reynolds's cutting. Blasting operations were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A drayman named John Brown, aged 37, residing at Elizabeth-street, Redfern, was at the junction of Raglan and Pitt streets yesterday when he slipped and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CARGO, Saturday.--While engaged with two other men in one of the ironclad shafts, Henry Mobbs, miner, received a severe blow from a piece of limber which becoming displaced from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TAMWORTH, Saturday.--A serious buggy accident occurred at Nemingha, a few miles from Tamworth. Mrs. W. Sage and a boy were driving along the road when the horse shoed and the…
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