Sad Fatality at Casine
CASINO, FRIDAY.—A sad and fatal case of drowning occurred here yesterday evening. Three young women named Bridget and Maria O'Farrell and Alice Lusted were bathing just above the town,…
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Accidents, 1891
18 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Great Fire in Melbourne. Loss of £80,000.—Five Firemen Injured
A DISASTROUS fire, which destroyed property roughly rained at about £80,000, occurred shortly before half-past 4 on Thursday, and in a few minutes the splendid buildings of the Mutual…
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ON Tuesday Albert Gill, 8 years of ago, was drowned near See's wharf. It appears that deceased was fishing from a floating log near the wharf, when by some means or other the log drifted from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Memorian: Mr. T. W[?]kinson [Found Drowned in the South River.]
HE left his home; midst mountains high Pursued his lonely way 'Midst forests dense, expecting to Return without delay…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Drowning Fatality
IN connection with the sad drowning fatality at Morgan, South Australia, on Friday, it appears that the day being very warm the unfortunate women (Mrs. and Miss Schell and Miss Horn) went into…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death by Drowning
ON Tuesday last Mr. A. L. H'Dougall held an inquiry on the body of a man found drowned in Whiteman Creek, between Grafton and Copmanhurst, as reported in last issue. The evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Accident at the Queenscliff Fort. Two Men Blown to Pieces
A FEARFUL accident occurred at the Queenscliff Fort, Melbourne, Corporal Charles Brearly and Gunner Donaldson, both of the Geelong Battery being blown bodily from the breech of a six-inch…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Outrage by Blacks. A Selector Speared and Severely Injured
CONSIDERABLE excitement has been caused among settlers in a portion of the Upper Murray district owing to a barbarie outrage having been committed on a farmer named Souvran Mursczkvitz, a Polish…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sad Death by Drowning
A CORONER'S INQUEST was hold at the Garibaldi hotel yesterday, before Mr. A. L. M'Dougall, P.M., and a jury of twelve, touching the death of Herbert william Herd, Public school teacher, of…
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A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at Alipou Creek, near South Grafton, on Wednesday last, by Mr. W. Clarke, touching the death of Jesse Morris, aged 61, an old resident of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Accident on a War Ship
THE surprise which the appearance of H.M.S. Cordelia in the sydney Harbour created deepened into excitement when it became known that her unexpected return to the port was due to the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Accident at Nambucea
As Mr Mountford Cook was with his team, voluntarily rendering what aid was needed to expedite the loading on the punt, he went between a log and the others, with the view to stop them…
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SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—A collision occured at 1 o'clock this morning off Queenscliff, between the Easby, a steam collier engaged in the MelbourneNewcastle trade, which was coming down Hobson's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gambier-Easby Collision. Further Particulars
CAPTAIN FRANK BELL, of the Gambier, states: When between Queenscliff and the Swanspit Lightship I saw the lights of a steamer on the port side. It was going ahead steadily. To avoid the coming…
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SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—A marine enquiry into the late Gambier-Easby collision was oponod in Melbourne yesterday. Mr, Womarski, in opening the case for the Marina Board, recapitulated the…
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THE details of a frightful shipping calamity that occurred lately on the coast of Japan have reached Sydney. The catastrophe appears to have almost equalled in its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death by Drowning
ON Thursday a magisterial inquiry was held at the Court house before Mr. W. Clarke, J.P., touching the death of Sidney Ernest Crispin, which took place in Carr's Creek the day previous. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Injured Innocence
Farmer Pommy—If yon had come and asked me for them apples, I'd 'a' give ye all ye c'u'd eat. Naughty Tommy—I knowed it, boss; that's ther reason I didn't ax yer…
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