Peculiar Case of Drowning
Bathurst, Tuesday.—A magisterial inquiry was begun to-day on the body of Nathaniel Briggs, who was found drowned in the Macquarie river on Christmas…
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Drowned at Merrylands
William Henry Westcott, 14 yours of age, whose father is employed at the Company's brickworks at Merrylands, was drowned in a waterhole on Tuesday. The…
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Newcastle, Monday.—Further particulars of the boating fatality at Lake Macquarie on Friday night show that three residents of Wallsend, named…
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Queanbeyan, Monday.—Some sensation was caused on Boxing Day by the finding of a dead body of a man in the river two miles below the town by…
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London, Monday Night.—Further particulars which have been published with respect to the accident at Osborne, state that it was Prince Christian who was shot,…
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Wollongong, Wednesday.—An accident occurred on the railway line at 4 o'clock this morning, by which the engine, tender and one truck of a goods train ran off the…
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[?]On Christmas morning some swagmen camping under the Denison Bridge discovered the body of a man lying in the river near the spot where a body…
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The Bathurst Band reached Wollongong on Thursday afternoon to take part in the great band contest. After tea, the bandsmen left their hotel to have a look round…
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On Friday last, one of the crew of the ketch William Alexander, who had been up town and got too much tangle-foot aboard, while trying to get on his vessel fell into…
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Last night about 8 p.m. a little boy, aged 2 years and 7 months, and son of Mr. Josiah Deakes, of this town, was drowned in a well at his parents' residence,…
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A middle-aged man named Ralph Arkley, married, met with a rather severe accident at the Clifton colliery on Thursday last, through a fall of a large quantity of stone…
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Penrith, Monday.—On Saturday morning a party of miners were working in a tunnel at Glenbrook, and one of their number was pressing a charge of…
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Mr. William Brownlee, of Tullimbar, met with a singular accident early on Sunday morning last. He had, at an early hour, called up his son and a youth in his…
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Mr. William Brownlee, of Tullimbar met with a singular accident early on Sunday morning last. He had, at an early hour, called up his son and a boy…
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Newcastle, Sunday,—A fatal boating accident occurred near the mouth of the harbour this afternoon. There men named William Fer[?]ier, John Howard, and Richard…
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The R. M. S. Oroya, from London viaports, with passengers and cargo, arrived on Sunday. She was moored in Neutral Bay, the passengers landing by steam…
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The second day of the Nowra show (Friday last) was somewhat solemnised when the cry arose that a boy named Peter Duncomb, 13 years of age, son of Mr…
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NOWRA, Tuesday.—On Saturday last a marine named Orde, belonging to H.M.S. Orlando, was drowned at Jervis Bay, where the ship was stationed for gun practice. On…
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Melbourne, Friday.—At a meeting of the Marine Board to-day Mr. H. R. Reid asked Captain Currie the Chairman, whether any official information…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Accident. on the Western Line. 9 Killed. Many Wounded. Sydney, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m
News is to hand of a terrible accident on the Western line, near Tarana, early this morning. The mail train left last night with a large complement of passengers…
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