Lockwood the Cricketer. Narrow Escape From Drowning
THE English cricketer Lock wood very nearly came to an untimely end on Sunday last at Sydney. The members of the team were entertained at a…
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The Recent Railway Accident at Redfern. Charge of Manslaughter—accused Acquitted
William Williams, against whom a coroner's jury returned a verdict of manslaughter in connection with last month's appalling accident at Redfern Railway Station, was placed upon his trial at the…
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A Rockbampton telegram states that news has been received of a shocking case of suicde at Mount Morgan. a benchman named William…
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A telegram from Ottawa, Canada, reports that a cerious explosion of dynamite has taken place in the city. The explosive was being used in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Drowning Case. Two Girls Dead
A DROWING Fatality occurred at Castlereagh, near Penrith, on Thursday. Mr Tuck field, who is employed in the Sydney tram service, owns a…
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A correspondent of Hoard's Dairyman gives an outline of his experience as follows: Quite a number of times I have had cows afflicted with an inflamed condition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Terrible Railway Accident Petroleum, Matches and Alcohol. Eight Men Killed. [By Cable.] London
A HOODS train at Morshansk in Russia fell over an embankment. Included in the freight of the train were matches, petroleum and alcohol. The former…
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Two men, named M'Guire and Taylor, were burnt to death on Friday by a fire that occurred in a two-roomed cottage in Cristchurch, New Zealand,…
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Albert Aldwell, aged 19, after having had a bath from the jetty at the Grange (S.A.), on Tuesday mornine, jumped oil the jetty to recover…
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A young man named T. B. Evans, who was riding on a bicycle at Christchurch, New Zealand, fell, in front of a tramear, and his body was frightfully…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision in the Harbour. Pour Lives Lost. Sydney
Off Chowder By yesterday afternoon the steamer Princess, on board of which were some forty persons, was run into be the tug Awhina. Vera…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Collision in the Harbour. Distressing Scenes. Four Lives Lost
LYING little better than a wreck on her starboard bilge, full of water, her bow looking towards the beautiful white beach in Chowder Bay, is the…
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On Wednesday afternoon a boy named William Townsend, aged 10, was bathing in company with two other lads in a dam at South Broken…
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For many years past some person or other has had the misfortune to lose his or her life by drowning in the Hunter River about Christmas time. It has not been destined for this year to…
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Off Chowder Bay on Tuesday afternoon the steamer Princess, on board of which were some forty persons, was run in'o by the tug Awhina. Vera Buckland, aged five years, granddaughter of Mr. Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatal Railway Accident. a Singleton Native Killed
A FATAL accident happened near the hydraulic works, Bullock Island, at about half-past 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, by which a native of…
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A disastrous railway collision has taken place, attended with serious loss of life. The express from Manchester to London, crowded with passengers who were proceeding to London to spend the…
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The inquest on the victims of the recent harbour collision was resumed to-day, and adjourned until Wednesday. No fresh facts were elicited…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting Affray at Tamworth. a Man Seriously Injured. Tamworth
Tom Angelo, a Greek, was shot at 12.30 to-day in Aslin's ice cream shop, Peel and Brisbane streets, by Arthur Johnson, also a Greek, lately in Angelo's employ. The men met in the shop and had a row,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at the London Royal Exchange. Three Firemen. Injured. (By Cable.) London
A FIRE broke out in the Royal Exchange last night in apartments occupied as Lioyd's offices. The liremen prevented the flames spreading…
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