A Driver Drowned
J. Herriot, the driver of the coach between Reefton and Westport (N.Z ), was drowned by the capsizing and washing away of the coach which he was driving while trying to cross…
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A Clergyman Drowned
The Rev. Robert Stephenson, a retired Wesleyan minister was drowned in the Blackburn Lake, at Box Hill, on 1st February. He was in the act of bathing, when it is presumed he…
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At 3 p.m. on Saturday Ipswich reported :— A sad drowning fatality, resulting in the loss of the lives of four children of Peter Jackson, a well-known engine-driver on the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fearful Colliery Disaster. Seven Miners Drowned. Toowoomba
A dreadful colliery disaster, the worst that has happened in connection with the floods, occurred about noon to-day, resulting in the death of seven miners. The scene of the…
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The flood reached its highest level on Sunday when it was 9ft, 6in. above the flood mark of 1890, that being the highest previously on record. This measurement was taken at the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sad Drowning Fatality. Three Sisters Drowned at Carrathool. CARRATHOOL
A sad drowning fatality occurred about 7 p.m. yesterday in the Murrumbidgee, about three miles from Carrathool. Three daughters of Mr. A. Morrison named Jessie,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Poisoning Fatality at Juanbung. The Inquest
An inquest was held by Mr E. L. Rowling, P.M., at the Court-house, Oxley, on Tuesday, touching the death of William H. Yeoell. alies W. Costello, when the…
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James Swan, an examiner on the railway line, met with a terrible accident on Saturday afternoon, which necessitated the amputation of both his leg. He left the Bathurst station…
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An Avoca correspondent Writes :—“ Mr. T. B[?]onghton, contractor, of Melbourne, met with painful injuries in assisting to save a Mr. Taylor from being burnt. The letter’s coat…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Drowning Fatality at Carrathool. The Inquest
An inquiry was held by Mr J. E. Pearce at Carrathool on Thursday, into the cause of the death of Jessie, Christina, and Murdo-china Morrison…
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ON Thursday Mr. Pearce, coroner, held an inquiry at Carathool as to the cause of the death of the three children drowned on the 13th, instant—Jemie, Christina and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Poisoning Fatality at Juanbung Station
An inquest was held by Mr. E. L. Rowling, P.M., at the Court-house, Oxley, on Tuesday week last, touching the death of William H. Yeoell, alias W. Costello, when…
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A magisterial enquiry was held by Mr, Coe’ J.P., on Saturday, touching the death of Henry Palmer, whose body had been found in the river on the previous day. Edward Jennings deposed:…
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On Thursday evening a young man named Fitzgerald, one of the boundary riders engaged at Borambola, was riding to his residence after having been engaged with several of the other…
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An engine-driver named James M’Queen, a resident of Harden, met with injuries at the railway yards last Friday night, which resulted his death next afternoon a 4 o’clock…
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On Sunday last a ADA little boy, named Fraiz Herman Muller, son of Mr. A. E Muller, of Wodonga, lost his life [?] y drowning. The lad, who was nearly eleven years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Shocking Accident at Broken Hill. a Lady Burnt to Death in the Street
The clothing of Mrs. Frank Stubbe, wife of a well-known sharebroker, caught fire last week under extraordinary circumstances. She was standing in front of Messrs. Boan Bros.’…
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A sad fatal accident happened about 8 [?] on Friday evening on the Mount Balmbridge road, three milts from Hamilton. Robert Thomas Knight was driving home a…
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A Parkes correspondent of the Herald says:—“A terrible accident occured during the trial of hunters at the show, A young man, Thomas R. Firth, assistant engineer, in…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Evening with "Sir Roger." an Accidental Encounter
WARK up," says facetiously the brown hatted youth at the door of the private bar—"wark up, gents, and see the ve lion stuffed with—Yus, sir; he's in…
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