Petty Officer Drowned. [By Cable.] London
SIX petty officers belonging to H.M.S. Collingwood have been drowned in Ireland owing to the capsizing of a boat…
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Fatal Accident
William Harris, a settler near Narrabri, was killed to-day by the explosion of a rifle which he was examining…
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Private Sneller one of the Geraldton Rifles, Perth, and a member of the West Australian contingent, was killed on board the Orotava, between Port Said and Gibraltar, by a block…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's News. [Through Our Special Agents.] [By Telegraph.] Cab Fatality. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
ON the night of May 31st, Mr. Martin Ryan, 87 years of age, was knocked down by a cab in George-street opposite the Cathedral. He was taken to the hospital,…
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Two men were nearly drow[?] to-day off Lady Macquarie's chair. One fell into the water while fishing and the second jumped in to rescue him;…
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Herr Woelfert, a scientist, made an experimental ascent with an assistant at Berlin. When the machine had reached three thousand feet the balloon caught fire, and the car…
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A RAILWAY accident happened at Welshampton, Shropshire. An excursion train, filled with passengers, became derailed and was overturned, 10 passengers being killed…
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FROM the earliest days of theatrical representation,there have frequentlybeen enacted unrehearsed effects of a sometimes tragical and sometimes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's News. [Through Our Special Agents.] [By Telegraph [By Telegraph.] Accidental Death. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
MRS. LOUISA FOWLER, aged 57, residing at Bedfern, was found by her daughter, Mrs. Hill, yesterday, bleeding from cute on her head and face, caused by falling against a…
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MR. J. ALT, station-master at Colovale, fell while boarding a goods train on Saturday and was run over by some trucks, and both his legs have since been amputated…
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MR. W. ELLIOTT and Mr. M'Combe, cyclists, met with accidents in the Centennial Park, yesterday. M'Combe had his collarbone broken, and…
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Mr. J. Alt, stationmaster at Colovale, fell while boarding a goods train on Saturday, aud was run over by some trucks. Both his legs have been amputated…
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W. Elliott and M'Combe, cyclists, had an accident in Centennial Park yesterday. M'Combe had his collarbone broken and was taken to hospital, and Elliott, who was just…
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By a railway accident at Welshampton, Shopshire, an excursion train filled with passengers became derailed, and was overturned. Ten passengers were killed and twenty five…
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Richard Forster, a tailor, was drowned at Moree while bathing at an artesian bore…
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A MINER named August Stahlhut, Jan., was seriously injured by a fall of earth at Tolly's Gully, and now lies in a, precarious condition…
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WHAT might have been a very serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon to a family of a farmer named William Cox, who resides at Goodman's Creek…
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Mr. H. Bradley, auctioneer, eldest son of Mr. J. Bradley, District School Inspector, was run over at Armidale last night and killed by the Brisbane mail train. One foot was…
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A singular story is recorded concerning the origin of blue tinted paper, now so much in vogue for commercial uses. The wife of an English paper…
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At 11 o'clock on Wednesday night last a terrible accident occurred on the railway line at the level crossing in Niagara-street, by which a…
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