More Railway Accidents a Coupling Breaks. Goulrurn
Passengers by the 6.10 train from Sydney to Goulburn on Saturday last state that somewhere near Hilltop the conplings broke, and disconnected the train, together with…
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The Murrurundi Accident. Condition of the Victims
MURRURUNDI, Tuesday.--The victims of the railway accident are all progressing well, Potts is much better, but not out of danger. Moffat is improving slowly, but is suffering great pain…
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A collision took place yesterday afternoon between one of Messrs. Coffill and Co.'s vehicles, driven by a man named Murphy, and a horse aud cart driven by W. Job, of Marrickville, in the…
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Shortly after noon to-day Mrs. Hunt, a resident of Newcomen-street, Whilst walking alone the beach, found the dead body of a woman in the water at the southern end of…
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TAMWORTH, Wednesday.—At the inquest today on James William Hardman, found drowned in the Peel River on Sunday, an open verdict was returned…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A seaman, Charles Court, belonging to the ship Carradale, lying at the inner basin, Carrington, was drowned this evening. He had been sent to fit a rat–guard on…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Frank Thomson, drover with Mr. Kidman's Annandale cattle, was drowned in the Diamantina River on April 25, whilst attempting to cross the river, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor–car Fatality. Sequel to College–street Accident. Driver Commuted for Trial
Tho Coroner continued the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of John .Richard Woolt yesterday. Mr. Garland, instructed by Messrs. Norton, Smith, and Co…
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At the inquest on the bodies of those victims of the disaster to the cruiser Gladiator on Saturday by collision with the liner Saint Paul, the Coroner directed the jury…
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The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Richard Woolf, recently living in Cathedralstreet, city, who died on April 10 from injuries received by being knocked down by a motor…
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The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances connected wlth the death of Richard Wouife, late of Cathedral-street city, who expired in the Sydney Hospital on April 10…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in South Australia. a Man Drowned. Adelaide
A telegram was received from Hergott to-day which states that the Birdsville mail arrived to-day three days late. The maildriver reports heavy rain from beyond Mirra Mitta…
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PERTH, Wednesday.—The latest news concerning the disaster to the pearling fleet near Broome states that two schooners and 15 luggers have been lost, and other boats much…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Adrift at Sea the Accident to the Age Sixty Miles Under Sail Man at the Wheel Injured by an Explosion
When the disabled steamer Ago reached the Howard Smith wharf at Darling Harbor after noon yesterday, a "Star" reporter boarded her, and secured an interview with…
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MELBOURNE; Wednesday.—All the Sunshine railway accident patients are progressing satisfactory to recovery. Miss Lynch, who sustained severe internal injuries and a fracture of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Braybrock Disaster. Pathetic Incidents of the Collision. the Coroner Wants No Jury
Men's minds have been filled with thoughts of the terrible calamity at Braybrook railway station, which sent gloom and sadness into thousands of homos at the close of the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Pearling Disaster. Nineteen Vessels Sunk. Fifty-two Persons Drowned. Losses Thousands of Pounds. Perth
Information which came to hand to-day shows that the disaster amongst the pearling fleet on the north-west coast is of a more than mildly sensational character. Owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Naval Mishaps. How the Gala Was Lost. Manoeuvring with Masked Lights. Another Destroyer Injured
LONDON, Tuesday. Afternoon.—In connection with the loss of the destroyer Gala off Kentish Knock, owing to a collision during night manoeuvres with the scout Attentive,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident on Battleship. a Boiler Tube Bursts. London, April 29
The battleship Britannia, 16,350 tons, while voyaging from Queensferry to Portsmouth, burst a boiler tube. Five of her crew were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Railways Accidents and Their Causes Defective Interlocking System Ii
Continuing the article on railway administration which appeared in Tuesday's "Star," it may be said as a foreword that the interlocking system to which reference is made…
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