Found Drowned
The body of a labourer named Denis Fitzgibbon was this morning discovered floating in an ornamental pond in Victoria Park. How deceased got into the water is not quite apparent…
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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Accident to a Jockey
Whilst riding out to Randwick this morning Frank Cahill, a jockey, was thrown from his horse against a fence, and had his right leg fractured below the knee. He was conveyed to the Hospital…
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The following tenders have been accepted:— Additions and repairs to the Police Station, Branxton, J. Cox. West Maitland. Repairs, paintings, etc., to the Post and Telegraph Office,…
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A lad named Adam William Smith, one of a party of six in a yacht, was drowned in the Tamar River on Sunday afternoon. The boat was…
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A rerry boat, plying on the Usk at Newport, Monmonthshire, capsized to-day, and ten of those on board were drowned…
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On Saturday morning last a nine-year old son of Mr Joseph Parr's while playing acrobatic tricks at his home, managed to full, and in so doing sprained the radius…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Sydney. a Fireman Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
ABOUT 8 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered on the premises of the Eagle Tobacco Company in Clarencestreet. How it originated has not yet…
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On Thursday evening, 14th inst., Mr. Joseph Leeds, auctioneer and commission agent, was killed by falling down a lift at his offices in Camden-buildings. Some clerks employed in the…
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A tramway fireman named Samuel Wyce, living at Surry Hills, met with a serious accident on Tuesday last. Wyce was employed on Motor No. 3,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident to a Carrier
On Thursday afternoon, while Mr W. Hutley, the well-known carrier, was leaving town for with a consigament of stock in a waggon, he by some means…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Found Drowned
A man, whose name is supposed to be H. Bolton, was found drowned this morning at Circular Quay, between the floating jetty and Watson's Bay wharf. Deceased appears to have been about 50…
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Two women and five children have been poisoned at Hawera (N.Z.). through accidentally using some meal mixed with arsenic. The preparation…
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A dreadful boating fatality occurred off Jutland, in Denmark. A life boat capsized, and before aid could reach the occupants twelve of them were drowned…
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A collision has occurred off Dungeness between H.M.S. Blenheim and the five-masted steel ship France. The vessels narrowly escaped a serious disaster. The Blenheim has been docked for…
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The s.s. Rushine is reported to have broken her shaft while off Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Africa…
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A sad accident occurred in Hooke-street this morning, when a young man named Joseph Brady, son of Mr. Samuel Brady, of this town, met his death. The young fellow had been around…
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An Inquest was held to-day into the circumstances connected with the death of a man whose body was found in the harbour last night.' John Merchant, master mariner, identified the body as…
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A youth named Arthur Gennew, arrested at Freemantle for rifling the mailbags, has confessed his guilt and said he robbed the bags to increase…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Collision at Redfern. Miraculous Escapes Prom Death
The terrible railway accident lit Redfern two years ago was all bub reported this morning when two passenger trains collided in the station yard, bat fortunately no one was killed, although several…
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A butcher named James Cole, residing at Flemington, (Vic.) was killed on Sunday. While trying to get into a vehicle in motion, his foot…
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