Fatal Accident at Nambucca Heads
ON Tuesday of last week a very painful accident, which led to fatal results, Occurred to Mr. John Hodgson, engineer at Ellis' sawmill, Nambucca…
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James Stanbury Drowned
James Stanbury, who recently went to England to row for the World's Championship, was practising on the river Thames, when he was drowned…
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At the Dubbo sawmill, an old employee named Edward England, was caught in the machinery and smashed to pieces…
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A very serious railway accident occurred early on Monday morning to the Cooma express when about two miles from Goulburn. The engine…
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Four young children named Buckner were burnt to death at Katoomba on Wednesday. Their mother was absent and they were alone in the…
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On Thursday last, Mr. Dodd's, jun., son of Mr. Jno. Dodds, of Kinchela, met with a serious accident. It appears he was driving a horse-power…
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A TELEGRAM from Melbourne dated Sunday last, states :--All the elements of a serious faction fight were present to-day at Brunswick, and but for the wise…
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A SHOCKING, accident occurred at Harrington, at the training wall works, on Monday afternoon last, through a truck laden with 10-ton blocks of…
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ON Saturday last a very sad accident, attended with fatal consequences, happened to a little girl named Evelyn Harriet Rowe, aged between 9 and 10…
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ON Saturday last, Messrs. C. E. Ducat and A. Wheeldon were coming down the Big Hill and when about two miles from George's Creek they…
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On Thursday night a very painful accident occurred to a young man named Colley, residing at Long Reach. It appears that he was driving horses…
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A serious accident happened on Wednesday morning at Tinonee, Manning River, to Mr. Wm. Basham, one of the proprietors of the saw-mill…
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On Thursday evening last at Glenrock Plains, while Mr. W. Marriott was unyoking a pair of horses from his plough, one of the horses -- a young…
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On Sunday last a black gin named Biddy was roasting cockles near the Macleay Heads, when by some means her dress caught alight and was soon…
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On Sunday last Mr. George Knight, of Commandant Hill, met with a painful accident. He was riding across the East Kempsey swamp, when…
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ON Monday evening last, Mr. Patrick Gleeson, a well-known resident of Smithtown, was at work cutting firewood in Mr. Hilliar's paddock, when…
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A STOWAWAY, whose name is at present unknown, met with a terrible death sometime on Saturday night. Unperceived, the man, who appears to be of the…
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The body of a man named John Henry Mulligan has been found in the Gwydir River, near Moree. A bag filled with stones weighing twenty…
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While the s.s. Coraki was taking in a shipment of cattle for the Sydney market at North Shore on Friday night last, an accident of a peculiar…
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As the Port Macquarie coach was leaving Croki on Saturday night about 10 o'clock, with a young horse in the pole, and a youth named Williams…
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