Tram Accidents
So many accidents have recently occurred through persons alighting from the wrong side of tramears, that the authorities propose to strictly enforce a regulation which exists on the…
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The Harbour Collision
The steamer Pacific, which was sunk in Sydney Cove on Thursday afternoon, particulars, of which appeared in the latest edition of the "Evening News" of that day, was built at Sydney in 1879,…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday Afternoon.—Mrs. Annie Coulter, forecabin stewardess on Huddart, Parker's new steamer Victoria, fell over the Dunedin Wharf, and was drowned when returning to the…
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Ernest Leseberg, the Moree cyclist, who sustained a fall at the cycling sports this week, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital to-day, suffering from concussion of the brain, and a…
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J. H. Parsons, the Coonamble cyclist, was treated at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday for a fractured jaw. Parsons met with an accident at the cycling carnival on Wednesday night,…
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Mrs. Coulter, stewardess of the steamer Victoria, fell over the wharf at Dunedin and was drowned. She belonged to Melbourne…
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J. H. Parsons, a Coonamble cyclist, fell whilst ruling in a race at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday night. He was treated at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday for a fractured jaw…
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At About a quarter past 3 p.m. yesterday a collision occurred in Sydney Cove, resulting in the sinking of the well-known steam launch Pacific. It appears that the steamer Fairlight was…
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It was suspected that the Fortunatus the new Currie liner, would not escape damage once she touched on Stony Point at Newcastle, and when the diver went…
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PERTH, Thursday.--A horrible accident, by which a man named August Magussen lost his life, occurred at a timber mill at Worsley. Magussen was crossing a connecting rod by…
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The Manly steamer Fairlight, while coming into Circular Quay from Manly, about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, ran into the launch Pacific, and sank her off the P. and O…
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Quite a sensation was created in the vicinity of Circular Quay shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, by a collision between the Manly ferry steames Fairlight, and the small steam launch Pacific,…
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An exciting incident occurred off Circular Quay shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a small harbor launch named the Pacific being sunk by a collision with the well-known Manly…
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A farmer of Karang, named Samuel Simms, aged 67, had a wonderful escape from being killed this afternoon on the level crossing a couple of hundred yards south of Kerang railways station. A new engine from…
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Anjou, bq. — Anjou, French barque, at San Francisco from Hobart, some very heavy weather was encountered which stove in the cabin doors, windows, and…
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Ernest Lesberg, a cyclist from Moree, who was injured at the cycling carnival on Wednesday night, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday, suffering from concussion of the brain…
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Two men, named George Anderson, residing in Fitzroy-street, Alexandria, and Duncan Aitken, living at Allen-street, Ultimo, were working on the roof of the Congregational Church, Queen and Ocean…
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Ernest Leseberg, a Moree cyclist, was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday suffering from the effects of a fall which he sustained in a race on Wednesday night. Leseberg did not appear to have…
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Whilst working on the roof of the Congregational Church, at the corner of Queen and Ocean streets, Woollahra, yesterday, George Anderson, of Fitzroy-strest, Alexandria, and Duncan Altken,…
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Mr. R. Neven, blacksmith, of Ensay in the Omeo district, was rolling a heavy log of timber from the front of his house, when it started to roll down a hill. His eldest son, aged 6 years, got in the way,…
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