Accident on a Battleship. a Burnt Boiler Tube
LONDON, Wednesday.—A boiler tube burst yesterday on board the battleship Britannia (Captain F. R. W. Morgan, 16,350 tons, Channel Fleet) while on a voyage from…
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Fatalities and Accidents. Methylated Spirits Claim Another Victim
On Tuesday afternoon an elderly man named Matthew Birch was taken to Darlinghurst Gaol to serve a sentence of 14 days for drunkenness. The unfortunate man was in a very neglected…
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The Superintendent of Navigation commenced an inquiry this morning into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the Watson's Bay ferry steamer Vaucluse and a waterman's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murrurundi Collision. Inquiry Commenced. State of the Signals Barrels of Dirt on Wire. (From Our Stecial Reporter.) Murrurundi
The commission appointed to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the serious railway collision which occurred at Murrurundi on the 17th inst. commenced its sittings in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Minor Accident Epidemic
It is carious to notice that since the major railway disasters have happened, a very epidemic of smaller and comparatively unimportant incidents has been chronicled as taking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riding Accidents. Gunning
A boy, son of Mr. Rooks, of the Public school, was riding a horse with only a halter on it, and. leading another, when both bolted. The boy attempted to throw himself…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To Prevent Rallway Accidents. Tamworth
Mr. John Mahony, of West Tamworth, has written to the municipal council with reference to railway accidents, suggesting that the Commissioners should be asked to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident on a Steamer Wharf Laborer's Death
held an inquest at the Coroner's Court yesterday into the death of a wharf laborer named Henry Blackmore, lately living in Hartley-street Balmain, which took place at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Battleship Explosion the Britannia Accident London, Thursday, 3.5 p.m
Two deaths have occurred among the five men who were so seriously injured through the explosion of a boiler tube on board the battleship Britannia, while on a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murrurundi Smash Special Board's lNQUIRY Scene of the Accident Inspected Badly Placed Signals Murrurundi
The special board appointed under section 64 of the Railway's Act to investigate the railway accident that occurred here on Good Friday continued its sittings to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Fall Downstairs
An Inquiry was hold yesterday in regard to the death of Elizabeth Prody (58), a married woman, residing at Corben-street, North Sydney, who died at the Sydney Hospital on April…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General News. the Murrurundi Accident
The public inquiry into the railway collision, which occurred at Murrurundi on Good Friday morning between express trains passing to and from the north, was begun on the spot yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pearling Fleet in a Storm. Great Loss of Life Further Accidents
PERTH, Thursday.--The latest news from Broome states that a large number of white men engaged in the pearling industry have reported themselves safe, though many had exciting…
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An inquest was held to-day into the death of the woman who was found on the beach on Wednesday. Evidence was given that the deceased's name was Ann[?] Sharp, but that she…
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The preliminary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the Watson's Bay steamer Vaucluse and a rowing boat on April 10, which resulted in the drowning of Jan Mooren, a…
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PENRITH, Friday.--John Fisher (91) was walking down the main street to-day when he fell, striking his head on the footpath, cutting it severely. Fisher was admitted into the local…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--One of Cobb and Co.'s coaches at Tyers, in Gippsland, to-day capsized through the brake giving way when the coach was going down a steep incline, about two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Yarra Mystery. a Woman's Cry. Supposed Drowning in the River. Melbourne
Late on Thursday night a sensational statement that a woman had been thrown into the river was made to Constable Beck, who was on duty in the vicinity of Burnley-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Railway Disaster. More Injured. Further Tests to Be Made
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Further claims for compensation for injuries received in the railway accident at Braybrook Junction were received to-day, swelling the list of injured to 413…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Murrurundi Collision. the Public Inquiry. Shunter Gibson's Evidence. Did the Signals Fail? Evidence Concluded
MURRURUNDI, Friday.--The board of inquiry (Mr. Wilshire, Mr. Dunbar, and Professor Warren) into the circumstances attending the railway collision at Murrurundi…
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