The South Yarra Fatality. Funeral of the Victims
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The funeral of the five children of Mr. Nash, who were burnt to death in his house at South Yarra, took place yesterday. It was conducted…
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Accidents, 1883
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 19
Sad Drowning Fatality
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two ladies, Mrs. Graham and Miss Hazlewood, whilst boating in a lagoon at Euston Station, have been drowned by the upsetting of a boat…
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WAGGA, Monday.—1030 sheep, which were shorn on Thursday at Deepwater Station, Wagga, were found dead the following morning, in consequence of the cold…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The ship St. Leonards, 1054 tons, bound from Lyttelton, N.Z., with at general cargo and a large number of immigrants on board, come into collision in the English Channel with…
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EUSTON, Tuesday.—A sad accident occurred here on Sunday. Whilst Mrs. Arthur Graham, Miss at Hazelwood, and two young men and a child were boating in a lagoon at Euston station, the boat…
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FORBES, Wednesday.—Mr. Lockvey, traveller for Hoffaung and Co., met with a fatal accident hero yesterday. The horses attached to his buggy bolted, and he was…
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A MINER named James Bidden met with a severe accident yesterday in the Ferndale pit. The poor fellow was engaged filling a skip of coal when the jerry from over the bottom coal canted over on to Bidden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Blasting Accident on the Homebush-Waratah Line. a Navvy Injured
SYDNEY, Friday.—Another navy named Squire Armitage was seriously injured yesterday during some blasting operations on the Homebush-Waratah railway line…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—The China Company's steamer Taiwan, from Hongkong, in coming up the river yesterday, collided with the dredge Octopus. Both were injured…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—At midnight yesterday, Robert Austen, aged 10, a clerk, was a passenger by the tram going to the Glebe. On arrival at Redfern, and before the tram…
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The Ballarat correspondent of the Melbourne Age reports that a fatal accident occurred on Wednesday night near the Burrumbeet railway station, on the Stawell…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A man named Archibald Gray, second engineer on board the steamer Genil, met with a very painful accident yesterday. He was looking over…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The steamer Sorrento, shortly after starting on her voyage for Australia, sprang a leak, and returned to port. A large portion of her cargo had…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—News has been received that John Dunn, son of Capt. Dunn, of the P. and O. Company's service, who was an apprentice on the ship Cimba, tell…
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CONSIDERABLE excitement was occasioned on board the Hunter River Company's steamer Morpeth, on entering the Heads about 4 o'clock on Tuesday, from Newcastle, by a man rushing to the side of the…
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Just a little before 5 o'clock p.m. on the 14th August, as the passenger train from Napa was approaching the depot at North Vallejo, the locomotive struck a light…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A lad, aged 15, named Evans' was accidentally shot dead yesterday by another boy, named Neld…
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A VERY serious accident happened to Mr. M. J. Connor, son of Mr. John Connor, of Dobie-street, Grafton, on Saturday whilst playing cricket at Strontian Park. Connor…
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DURING the recent gale a heavy sea broke over the forecastle of the steamer Buninyong, while off Newcastle Heads. Four seamen of the vessel engaged in the…
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THE District Coroner (Mr. C. B. Ranclaud) held an inquest yesterday morning at M'Lean's Commercial Hotel, Plattsburg, on the body of a miner named Thomas…
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