Nymagee. Fatal Gun Accident
At eight o'clock last night, Joseph Smith, proprietor of the Club House Hotel, was accidentally shot through the knee, whilst serving behind his bar. A customer placed a loaded rifle standing…
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A Nasty Accident
An accident which might have had a very serious termination happened near the railway station on Thursday morning. From what we can[?] it appears that a young…
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Lord Hampden narrowly escaped a serious accident at Moss Vale. Whilst driving a pony cart the pony stumbled, throwing his Excellency and the coachman out head first, but both miraculously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News by Cable. London, Jan. 24. Collision in the English Channel
A collision has taken place off Devonport, near Plymouth, between the British battleship Collingwood and the cruiser Curacoa. The Curacoa was badly damaged…
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A serious collision occurred at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday between a cyclist named O'Brien and an amateur rider. The former received…
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HENRY LAVERS, IG, who had resided at Queen-street, Arneliffe,was drowned in George's River at Coino on Thursday. Deceased, in company with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Cycling Accidents
Two more serious cycling accidents are reported. An orchardist named Geo. Westbury was badly injured at Camperdown, and a boy named Scott was knocked down by a cyclist in George-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident to a Railway Guard
An accident of a serious nature happened to Guard Frederick Lyell, in the local railway yard on Thursday morning. It appears that Guard Lyells was shunting his ballast…
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A painful accident happened on Monday evening to a little boy named Oscar Teys, son of Mr. D. G. Teys, of Murrurundi. It appears that the lad had just reached seven…
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The Sydney cricket ground was the scene of a serious cycling accident on Wednesday afternoon. A. E. O'Brien, the well-known and popular League rider, and a lending amateur, were doing fast…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident to Mrs Burness
While returning from a drive in a sulky to St. Chair on Thursday evening about dusk, Mrs J. A. Burness, accompanied by her daughter, met with a painful accident,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Coach Accident. the Driver Killed by a Falling Tree. Another Man Seriously Injured. Laurieton
As Keough's mailk coach was proceeding to Taree from Port Macquarie and when it was five miles from Kew, a tree was blown across the vehicle. It killed the driver Robert Louis (son of Mr. Louis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Fatality. a Man Falls Over the Coogee Cliffs
A MAN named Jacob Lewis, who had resided in Bay street, Globe, met with a terribly tragic death at Coogee on Saturday morning. Lewis had gone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Newcastle Calamity. Two Girls Drowned. One Body Devoured by a Shark. The Other Body Recovered
SHORTLY after 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon visitors to the Newcastle beach and those in the vicinity of the ladies' bathing place worn started and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supposed Fatal Accident at Stewarts Brook
YESTERDAY word was received in Scone that a young man named Robert Bartlett, a son of Mr. Edward Bartlet, of Stewarts Brook, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Peculiar Accident
At the Armidale railway locomotive sheds on Friday, Thomas Davidson, boiler-maker, entered the firebox of an engine to effect certain repairs, taking…
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CONSIDERABLE commotion was evented on the Nowtown-road, during the busy hours of Saturday night by the bursting of the steam-gauge glass of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Girls Drowned at Newcastle
A SHOCKING occurrence is reported from Newcastle. On-Saturday afternoon a party of girls were bathing in the sea at the ladies' baths on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Peculiar Accident
AT the Armidale railway locomotive sheds on Friday, Thomas Davidson, boiler-maker, entered the firebox of an engine to effect certain repairs,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Boating Fatality. Two Persons Drowned
A BOATING fatality took place at Grindstone, Queensland, on Sunday. Mr Curt's, police magistrate; Mr John Braddock, secretary to the…
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