A Strange Case of Accidental Death
A man went to bed excessively drunk, and was found dead in the morning. The natural conclusion was, of course, that he had died from alcoholic poisoning, but the…
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186 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 10
A Train Falls Into a River. Sixty People Drowned. London, August 25
A SHOCKING railway disaster is reported from Chili, train fell into the River Mapocha, and 60 persons were drowned. (The River Mapocha is a mountain stream, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In and Around Tinonee. Accident
One day last week a horse attached to a sulky was tied to the picket fence between Mr. J. E. Chapman, and the Commercial Hotel. The horse took fright and away…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crushed by a Stone. a Sad Accident. Port Macquarie, Monday, 5 p.m
A SAD accident occurred this afternoon at the training wall quarry. A large stone was being lowered, when a man named John M'Govern missed his…
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At Mulbring, about 14 miles from Maitland, a boy named T. Lee was accidentally shot by his father. He died a few minutes after…
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STRANGE tales of a curious religious sect in Puerto Rico are told by a missionary. The sect, which carefully excludes foreigners, is known as Chiros. One of its peculiar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Alpine Fatality. Four Men Killed. London, August 31
Another terrible disaster has occurred in the Swiss Alps. A party consisting of Mr. F. W. Hill, M.A., second master, and Mr. O. Glynne Jones, B.Sc.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Story of the Fight on Majuba Hill. Accidental Entrapping of the British Force. How the Boers Treated a Flag of Truce
FROM "A King's Hussar" (Cassell and Co.) which relates the experiences in the 14th Hussars of Troop Sergeant-Major Edwin Moule, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Man Drowned. Forster
Mr. Chas. Murphy, an oysterman, in charge of Messrs. Woodward and Coy's lease here is supposed to be drowned. He left Tancurry for home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident on Shipboard. LANCASTER v. North Coast S.N. CO
THE above case was started at the Supreme Court, Sydney, on Thursday last week, and was concluded on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shocking Accident. a Manning Young Man Injured. Port Macquarie
A SERIOUS accident occurred at the training wall this morning. A young man from Wingham, named Matt. Thompson, was tipping a truck of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Port Macquarie Accident. Patient Brought to the M.R.D. Hospital. Just in Time to Save His Life
MR. Matthew Thompson, who met with the terrible injuries to his right arm. described by telegram in out last issue, was brought from Port Macquarie to the M.R.D. Hospital on Tuesday night at 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local News. Singular Accident
On Friday afternoon of last week a peculiar accident happened at the Frederickton wharf. A spring cart and horse belonging to Mr. W. Cosbey,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Wharf Accident. SPARKES V. North Coast S.N. COMPANY
AN action arising out of an incident on a wharf was tried before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury of four, in No. 2 Jury Court in Sydney on Monday. The plaintiff was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Terrible Accident. 50 Children Narrowly Escape Drowning. Sydney
Circular Quay had a terrible sensation on Saturday craning. It was the end of a Sunday-school picnic. Children from Christ Church,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Accident at Circular Quay. 50 Children Thrown Into the Water. Two Drowned. Sydney, Monday, 6 p.m
THE children of Christ Church of England, Enmore, and their parents, were entertained at a picnic down the harbor on Saturday, to the number of 500 or 600, and returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision In Sydney Harbour. the Ketch Lansdowne Sunk
[?] about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning last a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sad Ending to a Sunday School Picnic. Collapse of a Pontoon. 60 TO 70 Children Precipitated Into the Water. Two Children Drowned
A SAD and sensational accident occurred at Circular Quay, Sydney on Saturday. The children of the Christ Church Sunday School, Enmore, accompanied by parents and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of a Canadian Steamer. 11 Passengers Drowned London
ELEVEN of the Passengers of the Dominion Line steamer Soctsman which went ashore at the entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle between Labrador and Newfoundland were drowned Complaints were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harbour Collision. the Currajong and the Lans Downe. the Cook's Story
AT about four o'clock in the morning on Wednesday week a serious collison occurred in Sydney harbour, the vessels concerned being the well known collier Carr[?] and…
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