Sad Drowning Fatality
A VERY sad fatal accident occurred on Tuesday morning last, when Frank Hutchinson, a lad aged about 15, brother to Mr. G. C. Hutchison, was drowned in the…
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Gunpowder Explosion. Forty Injured, Eighteen Fatally. London, November 20
A DISASTROUS gunpowder explosion has occurred at Havans, Cubs. Forty persona were injured, eighteen fatally. The disaster was camel by the carelessness of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Accident at Harrington. Another Man Injured
WE have to report the occurrence of another at the Harrington Harbor Works, a man named Walter Bird having met with a serious accident there yesterday (Tuesday) morning. It appears that the unfortunate man was on top of a large…
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An accident of a very serious nature occurred at Jerseyville on Saturday night last. From accounts to hand it appears that Mrs. W. H. Ducat…
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A SENSATIONAL accident, and a narrow escape from death, occurred on the Dorrigo on Tuesday. Mr. George White, an old man of 66 years, was out scrub-cutting…
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At Adelaide, Alexander Murray, well-known proprietor of the Coromandel Valley Biscuit and Jam Factory, was riding on horseback,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Fatality at Merriwa. Death of Constable Pearce
A SAD drowning fatality occurred at Merriwa on Tuesday evening, the 13th instant. Constable W. H. Pearce was returning to town on horseback, and after crossing Merriwa Bridge his attention was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Loss of the Little Nell. Two Persons Drowned. Newcastle
THE foundering of the Harbors aud Rivers steamer Little Nell, off Redhead yesterday afternoon through filling after shipping a huge sea, and which was attended by the loss of two lives, Captain Bastian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Fatality. Drowned at Crescent Head
A VERY shocking drowning accident occurred at Crescent Head on Thursday, whereby a young man named Percy Thompson lost his life, and the…
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A shocking accident happened on the Blayney railway line a midnight on last Saturday. A fettler, named J. Coyne, left town on a tricycle to go to his…
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