Gembrook Railway Accident Inquiry
Mr. George Alexander Knipe, surveying engineer to the Railway Department, gave technical evidance before the Gembrook railway accident board to-day. The effect of it…
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Fatalities and Accidents. Death From Burns
The furniture dealer. H. Hackney, who resided at 264 Oxford-street, Paddington, and who was so severely burned on Sunday night through the explosion of a methylated spirit lamp, died in…
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Richard Sharman (50). residing at 55 Raglanstreet, Darlington, was driving a cab along Regent-street yesterday, when the harness broke, and the vehicle tilted backwards,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The cause of the railway accident which occurred near Belgrade, on the Gembrook line, on January 28 last, was further inquired into to-day by the board (Judge…
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CONDOBOLIN. Tuesday. -- This morning Mr. Duncan Cameron, of Werona, near Bygaloree, was on horseback driving other animals, when one of them kicked him on the right leg,…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. -- Two Bisters were drowned in the Gisborne River to-day, one losing her life in an endeavor to save the other…
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BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday. -- This morning, while exercising over the hurdles, Jockey Gribble's horse fell, inflicting serious internal injuries on the rider, who is not likely to…
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Michael O'Dowd, a wharf labourer, residing at Margaret-street, met with a severe accident yesterday while engaged in unloading operations on the Mararoa, lying at Flood's…
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A serious buggy accident occurred last evening. Mrs. Hugh Stevens, of Currawarna. was driving homeward With a five-year-old son in a buggy, followed by her husband and…
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The inquiry into the Gembrook railway accident was resumed to-day before Judge Box, and' Professor Kernot and Mr. Mais, assessors. The guard, Blikborn, continued his evidence…
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A Coronial inquiry concerning the death of a man, unknown, which occurred at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on the 22nd February, from the effect of injuries…
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Captain R. A. Campbell, master of the barquentine River Hunter, writes to say that no accident occurred on his vessel, as reported on the 20th ult…
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The North German Lloyd liner Prims Sigismund arrived yesterday morning from the East, via German and British New Guinea. The Prinz Sigismund deviated from the usual track this…
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Michael O'Dowd, a wharf-laborer, residing at Margaret-street, city, was working in the hold of the steamer Moana, lying at Flood's Wharf, yesterday, when a heavy roll of paper…
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An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a married woman, named Maggie Hargraves (53), who received fatal injuries by being run over by a train near Eveleigh…
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It is only 12 months since the Wharf-laborers' Accident and Burial Insurance Society was formed, yet in that short time the results have been very encouraging. Yesterday, at Clontarf, the…
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PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.--A sensational occurrence is reported from Norseman. At the Council Chambers this morning Mattinson, the town clerk, was opening the safe, when a box…
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Mary Catherine Hennessy, aged 2 years and 4 months, was knocked down and runover by a vehicle, drawn by two horses, in Crown-road, Ultimo, on Thursday evening, and sustained a…
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Edward Butterworth, the hairdresser who was admitted to Balmain Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, died at 11.30 p.m. on the same day…
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A report has been furnished of the death of a little girl, named Doris Penfold, aged 1 year and 7 months, which occurred at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on Wednesday. It…
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