Sad Case of Drowning
An inquest touching the death of Bergalia May, youngest daughter of Mr. A. G. Leer, senior warder of the wollongong gaol, who was drowned at the Tom Thumb…
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Serious Accidents
A terrible accident happened at Corrimal yesterday shortly after 2 o'clock. It appears that a lad Darned Charles March, aged 11 years, who is down from Sydney…
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The almost continues rain of the past weak or [?] made travelling a hardship. The Kangaroo Rivers rose 40ft., and all the creeks were full, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident at Helensburgh
John Crome, aged 72, a carter well known in this end of Illawarra, was killed on Wednesday by the capsizing of his dray right in the centre of the township when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Mount Pleasant
A rather serious accident befel a man named William Willett at Mount Pleasant colliery on Saturday morning. It appears that Willett had fired a blast and the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shocking Fatality. Fall From the Cliffs on Signal Hill. Magisterial Inquiry
A magisterial inquiry was held at the Court-house yesterday by Mr. C. S. Alexander, P.M., touching the death of Richard Jones, whose body was found lying at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Peculiar Accident
A peculiar accident happened last week at the I. S.N. Co's wharf in Sydney. The Bega was loading at the wharf, prior to her departure for southern ports. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatal Accident. a Helensburgh Miner Killed by a Train
A miner named Robert Hails was run over by a train and killed early on Thursday morning in one of the tunnels near Helensburgh railway station. He had stayed rather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on the Ship Canal
On the Manchester Ship Canal recently the steamer Harold approached Latchford Look at full speed, burst open the gates, and dropped 16ft into the water below,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Serious Accident
As Mr. T. Charlton, a well-known farmer raiding at Avondale, was riding home from Wollongong last Thursday, the animal he was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shooting Accident at Keiraville
On Friday last, whilst two lads, sons of Mr. John Brownlee, were playing with a pistol, it accidentally discharged, and some 13 or 14 rough slugs lodged in the breast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Case of Drowning
Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents of the child. William Edward Turner, who was accidentally drowned at Wright's creek. Long Brush. on Saturday…
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Captain Daniel Harding, of the Government tug Rhea, employed in connection with the Ballina Harbour Works, was drowned on Monday…
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Mr. John Kilfoyle, an old Dubbo settler, took a gun to shoot hares to his crop, and not returning home searchers went out and found his body with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Blasting Accident
A terrible accident happened to a man named Blake at Cowra Creek, Cooma, on Saturday. Some dynamite when he was warming at a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident to a Coalcliff Miner
A fatal accident—the first that has ever taken place at the colliery—occurred at the Coal-Cliff mine on Monday last, when a well-known miner named Edward Evans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singular Railway Accident
A sensational railway accident happened, neat Rosebery, on the line between Warracknabeal and Hopetoun (V) late on Saturday night. When nearing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Boating Fatality
A sad boating fatality occurred on the beach at Angourie Quarry, Maclean, on Sunday evening, Thomas Newton and Alexander Cameron were returning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Accident to a Blue-jacket
A young man-[?]-wa[?]'s office named James Knight met with a serious accident on Monday evening on H.M.S. Orlando. Knight was on the fore…
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AN accident which might have been attended with fatal results, befel a young man named Tinker at the Kiama Basin on Friday night last. From particulars…
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