Sad Case of Drowning
A sad case of drowning occurred yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock, when a little boy named Willie Laird, son of D. J. Laird, baker, of Hay, lost his life whilst bathing. In…
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A sad case of drowning occurred yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock, when a little boy named Willie Laird, son of D. J. Laird, baker, of Hay, lost his life whilst bathing. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday afternoon a bay about ten years of age, named William Laird, a son of Mr. D. J. Laird, baker, of Hay, was drowned while bathing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very serious accident happened to Lieutenant Percy Chirnside on Thursday evening last, at about 5 o’clock. He was engaged preparing the military tournament which is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →An Inquiry was held at Oxley on the 2nd instant before Mr. Jas. Tyson junr, J.P., on the body of Edward Lloyd, when the following evidence was taken:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible accident occurred on Wednesday morning shortly before 7 o'clock at the Echuca butts. Several members of the E Company of Rangers were practising rifle firing, and a young…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The body of a young woman was found on the railway line near the North Melbourne railway station on Friday. The body was terribly mangled, and almost severed in two…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Quite a gloom was cast over the southern portions of Riverina on Saturday last, when it became known that Mr David Bereridge, farmer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A gun accident occurred yesterday morning. Two men named Ainsworth and Wm. Roach, of Narandera, were driving to the Whitton races, and, when half-way, they stopped to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Barnsley correspondent of a London paper says that a startling accident occurred at the Barrow Collieries at Worsborough. A number of men were at work on a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →One of the most suddening experiences in the course of a voyage on one of the great " liners" is a collision of the huge vessel with some small-trading ship aboard which, perhaps, half-a-dozen honest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A sad drowning fatality occurred at Howlong station this afternoon. About 4 o'clock a man named John Fairlie, employed on the station, accompanied by a girl named Emily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. Perrce, P.M., held an inquiry at Howlong station on Thursday, on the body of Emily White. The following evidence was taken :-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Zigzag was the scene of a railway accident on 13th inst. A cattle train from Bathurst to Penrith arrived at the bottom points shortly after noon and commenced the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A shocking fatality occurred last Monday evening at Bat’s Ridges, a place about four miles from Portland. A man named William Kempton bad been in Portland during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A serious accident to the coach to the Manning River happened early on Good Friday morning. As the down coach was nearing Stroud with a heavy mail, and in consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A terrible railway collision occurred about 4 o'clock this morning to Sells' circus, which left Tenter field last night by four trains for Armidale. When near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fearful railway accident occurred early last Wednesday morning at Tarana Station, near Bathurst, when the mail train ran off the line. It is supposed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway accident has occurred on the Western Line, near Sodwalls. Nine persons were killed and manny injured. Wednesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fatal railway accident occurred near here this morning. Sells’s Circus performed at Tenterfield last night. They were encaged to open at Armidale to-night, and left…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Another shocking addition to the long list terrible railway disasters which have occured in New South Wales had to be recorded this morning, when a portion of the mail train…
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