A Tram Conductor Injured
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A tram conductor McDermott fell from the ears to-day, and was severely injured…
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Accidents, 1883
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Fatal Accident at Redfern
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man named William Harvey, aged 65, met with a fatal accident yesterday by falling down the steps of the railway station at Redfern…
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BLAYNEY, Thursday. A shocking tragedy occurred here yesterday, which has cast quite a gloom over the town. Two young girls were bathing in the Belubula River,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Hawthorne railway accident will cost the country over £120,000. Counsels' fees and costs amount to £6,800, and medical expenses to £7,648…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Henry Clarke, member for Eden, was thrown from his buggy at Randwick and fractured his collar bone…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Bolger, traveller for Hardman Bros., in crossing the railway at Petersham, was knocked down yesterday by a passing train, and both his legs wide…
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YESTERDAY it was reported to the District Coroner that six young men from Wallsend were missing at Lake Macquarie. They are said to have left on a boating excursion…
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BELLINGER HEADS, Wednesday.—Captain Kemp, of the schooner C. Walker, was drowned in the Bellinger River through the upsetting of a boat…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A boy two years of age was knocked down by a tram car in Elizabeth-street, yesterday, and one of his legs was severed from his body…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The jockey M'Auliffe, in the employ of Fennelly, has been injured white training Bargo by a kick from Blue and White…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Irish. mail steamer between Dublin and Holyhead capsized last night midway, during severe weather. The whole of the crew and sixty…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Two separate dynamite outrages have occurred in London, when attempts were made to destroy the underground railway. Thirty passengers…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A newsboy, named Morris Ellis, nine years of age, fell from the step of a tramcar to-day. He was taken home, and died of concussion of the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A Chinese gardener, named Le War, yesterday fell off a cart on the Botany road. The wheel passed over the body, killing the man on the spot…
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EDEN, Monday.—When off Twofold Bay a seaman of the Vivian fell from aloft at sea, and was drowned…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A trading boat and dingy have been found floating in the Hawkesbury, at Windsor. The owner, Mr. Richard Owen, is supposed to be…
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GOULBURN, Tuesday.—A drover named Joseph Millsted was killed yesterday through the upsetting of a vehicle near Goulburn…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The jockey, Paddy Pigott, who was hurt on Plunger just before the Melbourne Stakes, is progressing favourably. No ribs are broken…
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WINDSOR, Wednesday.—Samuel Owen, storekeeper, of Pit Town, has been found drowned in the Hawkesbury River, at Windsor…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A collision occurred in the Yarra yesterday between the Southern Cross and the tug Rescue. The paddle-box, wheel, and portion of the…
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