Fatal Railway Accident. on the Delagoa Bay Line
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Owing to the washing away of a culvert a train was wrecked at Alkmaar, in the Transvaal, on the Delagoa line. Dr. Adam Jameson,…
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Fatalities and Accidents. Man Cut in Halves. Railway Accident at Blayney
BLAYNEY, Thursday.--Last night, when the second division of the western mail was drawing into the station, at 10.30, the driver noticed that one of the springs had given way, and…
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A coal lumper, Charles Sandgren, 36, a resident of Gloucester-street, city, was treated at Sydney Hospital by Dr. Gillespie yesterday for a fractured left forearm, and injuries to the…
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Nellie Atkinson (10), a resident of Auburn, was knocked down by a cart in Martin-place on Thursday night, and sustained concussion of the brain and severe…
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Harry Greesing, 36, a sailor, residing at 62 Union-street, Pyrmont, fell from a mast of the steamer Illawarra yesterday a distance of about 40ft on to the deck. In his descent…
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Samuel Cowan, a cripple, 64 years of age, residing at Myrtle-street, Darlington, was walking along Daley-street, Newtown, yesterday afternoon on crutches, when he slipped…
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BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--Charles Moore, a miner, working at the 800ft, level of the South Mine, received severe injuries to the side last night by a charge of dynamite exploding…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →St. Patrick's Day "Drowning the Shamrock" No Sports or Speeches
Sardou, in one of his plays, gives expression to a cheerful bit of philosophy. Into the mouth of one of the characters--who might have been an Irishman--the French…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Collision near Hornsby. A Stock Train Damaged
An accident occurred to a stock train early on Thursday morning between Kurring-gai and Mount Colah, three or four miles north of Hornsby, which, however,…
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George Prentice, a boy of 14, employed by the Sydney Meat Preserving Co., Engine-street, was taken to the Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance, about 9 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Darling Harbour Affray One of the Injured Returns to the Hospital
It will be recalled in connection with the Darling Harbour affray that one of the injured men, named Patrick Mason, was removed to the Sydney Hospital. It was…
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LONDON, Friday Evening.—Owing to the beams supporting new ventilating apparatus yielding, the ceiling of the hall in which the Duma meets collapsed early to-day, covering…
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At Rutherglen yesterday a young man named Burnell fell from a chaff-cutting machine on to a stick, which penetrated his side and severely lacerated his right lung. His…
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The body of a newly-born male child was discovered in Moore Park near Dowling-street, this morning. It was wrapped in a skirt, and judging by the state of the decomposition, death…
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About 9.35 p.m. on Thursday, whilst an empty train was being shunted in the Parramatta railway, yard, two cars left the rails at a point nearly in front of…
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A lady, who had a baby in her arms, had a nasty fall at the Parramatta railway station in alighting from the mountain train on Wednesday evening. She…
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George Prentice, 14 years of age, employed by the Sydney Meat Preserving Co., Engine-street, city, was taken to the Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance yesterday,…
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The motor boat Southern Cross, belonging to the Seamen's Mission, collided this afternoon with a boat containing three men, who were fishing off Williamstown. The…
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While driving along Parramatta-road, near Grace Brothers, in a sulky last night, a man named John Davidson, a resident of Bertrand-street, Mortlake, had a narrow…
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The beams supporting a new ventilating apparatus giving way, the ceiling in the hall wherein the Douma meets collapsed early to-day, covering…
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