The Fatality at the Vi[?] Barracks
AN inquest was held [?] Barracks recently by Mr. [?] City Coroner, touching the [?] William Henry Begar, aged [?]…
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A Terribie Accident in a Saw Mill. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Melbourne
On Saturday morning, about 8 o'clock, a terrible accident occurred at Messrs. Sutor and Turnbull's saw mills, Albert street, East Melbourne, resulting in the mangling and…
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A telegram received on Thursday night from Young stated that Mr John James Barnett, nephew of the Colonial Architect, whist endeavouring to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Sporting. [By Telegraph.] Accident. Sydney
Richard Rowe, one of the best Victorian cross-country riders, whilst riding Grattan yesterday at Randwick, fell and injured his skill. His recovery is thought hopeless…
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Niagara Falls, N.Y., July 16.—Thousands of persons crowded Goat Island last n[?]ght enjoying the freedom of the island, when news w[?] quickly spread through the throng that a woman had fallen into…
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ON Friday last Mr J. Elliott, who has been for many years past identified with the coal industry of Singleton, met with a serious accident at his mine on the Granbalang…
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The Narrabri Herald of Wednesday last says:— A painful tragedy occurred near Baradinc, in the early part of last month. A young man named Charles John Jones, employed on the Goorianawa…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fatal Accident at New Seaham Colliery. (Newcastle Herald of yesterday.)
A said accident occurred in Belshaw's Flat, Ho. 1 Pit, New Seacham Colliery, resulting in the death of two hewars, named Barnard Woods and Joseph Woods, brothers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Rating Catastrophe in Victoria. [By Telegraph From Greville's Telegram Co.] Fourteen Horses Fell. Donald Nicholson Killed. One Horse Dead. Other Jockeys and Horses Seriously Injured. Monday, received 5.0 p.m
For the Caulfield Cup the field of horses was with one single exception, the largest that has ever started for a race in the colonies. All went well in the race till the horses were approaching the turn,…
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"Nemo" the sporting scribe of the Sydney Mail thus writes of the principal victim of the late racing fatality at Caulfield, and of jockeys in general:—Of all our light-weight jockeys, Donald…
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A serious and fatal collision occurred off the South Foreland in the early morning of September 18, resulting in the loss of the General Steam Navigation Company's steamer Dolphin and the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Sporting. [By Telegraph.] Another Accident. Melbourne
In the race for the Vetoran Stakes yesterday, twenty-four started, and an accident occurred similar to that which took place recently in the Caulfield…
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THE Coroner for the district, Mr J. Willis, held an inquest yesterday at the residence of Mr Thomas M'Knight, Wark worth, on the body of William M Kuight, an old man aged…
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THE Coroner for the district, Mr J. Willis, held an inquest on Tuesday at the residence of Mr Thomas M Knight, Wark worth, on the, body of William M Knight, an old man aged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidental Death of Dr. A. Nash, of Wallsend. (From Saturday's Newcastle Herald.)
Last evening our Wallsend correspondent wired us briefly the following startingly sad intelligence:- "Wallsend, Friday, 6 p.m.—Dr. Nash, whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Accident at the Paterson Punt. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I have read the report given by your Paterson correspondent of the accident at the punt. He must have been misinformed as to the cause, as he lays the blaine to the horses being frightened…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cooranbong. Fatal Accident
The wharf at the head of the navigable portion of Dora Creek, some three-quarters of a mile from this township, was, on Tuesday last, the scene of the most appalling…
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We learn that the man John Oman who was injured in the accident which occurred in High-street on Wednesday evening still lies in the Hospital in a very dangerous state. It seems that owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sad Case off Drowning. (Macleay Argus, Dec. 12.)
A very sad case of drowning occurred at Koree Island, Hastings River, on Saturday last, December 5. Between 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening, two sisters, Maggie and Christina Graham, went to a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sad Fatality at Nyngan. (Dubbo Dispatch, Dec. 15.)
On Sunday morning a telegram was received by the police at Dubbo that a fire had occurred at Nyngan, by which a house was destroyed, two children burnt to death, and four others so seriously…
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