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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents
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AN Inquest was commenced on Wednesday last, before Mr. A. Lardner, J.P., coroner, and a jury of twelve, at the Court House, Grafton, touching the cause of the death of one Edward Warden, second steward of the Balliun, steamer, who had met…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KIAMA, FRIDAY—Information has reached here of an alarming flood at Shoalhaven, which is four feet higher than the big flood of 1860. The Telegraph and Post Office, the steamers' store, and several other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE append a brief summary of the damage done by the late disastrous, floods, taken from the Herald and Empire, and telegrams received and published by the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ThE Cowra correspondent of the Bathur[?] Free Press writes— Loss of life took place last Friday near Goolagong. A man of the name of Hill, a free selector, (and formerly in the police force) whilst attempting to swim the river to look after some of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was held on Monday [?]t, at the residence of Mr. A. Davison, Lawrence Hotel, Lawrence, before Mr. A. Lardner, J.P., and a jury of eight, touching the cause of the death of one John Hobben, who had met his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THAT misfortunes nover come singly was exemplified in the two dis[?]siers which attended the voyage of the mail steamer Avoca from Melbourne to Sydney. The first accident occurred while the Avoca was clearing Port Phillip Heads, where a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE chapter of marine Accidents in fort Phillip Bay has had another addition mada to it by the collision which took place between the above vessels on Tuesday evening. The R. M. S. S. Avoca, which arrived on Tuesday afternoon with the English…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the courtesy of Mr. J. E. MANNIN[?], we are enabled to publish the manifest of the cargo on board the Waimea (s),at the time of the collision with the P. and O. Company's steamer Avoea, in Sydney harbour, and the names of the cousigne[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →have to chronicle the Death, by drowning, of Mr. Lyne, late of the firm of Moore and Co., storekeepers and butchers, Ballina. It appears that the deceased and another man, were returning home on Friday last,h[?] boat, through the ship channel: the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following is the decision of the Steam Navigation Board respecting the collision between the above steamers. We are informed it is the intention of the Government to take preceedings against Pilot Jankina under the Steam Navigation…
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