Fatal Accident at Bungonia. a Constable Accidentally Shoots His Wife
GOULBURN, Saturday.—The wife of Constable Dorman, of Bungonia, who was accidentally shot by her husband on Thursday, died yesterday. It…
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Accidents, 1884
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CABLEGRAMS The Late Collision in the English Channel
LONDON, Monday.—As far as is known, no loss of life took place at the late collision in the English Channel. The ship City of Lucknow has arrived safely at…
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BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.âA Mrs. Rogers (female hawker), has been killed at Braidwood by the upsetting of a cart into the creek…
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A VERY melancholy circumstance, resulting in a sad termination of a very enjoyable day's sport, occurred at Clarence Town, on Saturday evening. Bernard Logue, a…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The ship Simla is being towed to Gravesend…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The steamer Juno became a total wreck at Mersey during the late storm. 250 persons were drowned…
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MR. C. B. Ranclaud, District Coroner, held an inquest yesterday afternoon, at Howell's Hotel, Tighe's Hill, touching the death of an old and very respected miner, named…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A boy bathing at the Botany dams to-day was drowned…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A serious railway accident happened at the Parramatta railway station this morning to a boy named Morrison, son of a…
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BOMBALA, Saturday.—A sad accident, terminating fatally, occurred to Master Willie White, son of Mr. E. Nicholson, of Woolungubra. It…
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NEWS reached Newcastle yesterday morning of a sad fatality which happened near Cooranbong, on Sunday. Mrs. W. Edgeton, a resident, was found pinned beneath…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The weather yesterday. There was a hot wind in the morning, a thunderstorm at noon, and a slight rain and wind from southerly direction…
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WARDELL, Monday. A man named Stanley was working at the Wardell Sawmills when he was caught by the belting and killed…
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THE body of Michael Burke, who was killed by a fall of earth in the Frogmoor Copper Mine, Burrowa, on Friday night, was recovered at 4 o'clock on Saturday…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A railway collision occurred this morning. The early goods train, with empty trucks, was wrongly shunted by the pointsman on to the main…
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TENTERFIELD, Tuesday.—Mr. Cook, traveller for Enoch Taylor and Co., while walking in his sleep at Tenterfield, tell through the window, twenty-five foot, to…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A shocking fatality occurred yesterday morning at Sandhuret, at the United Hustler's and Redan Company's mine. A man named…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A fireman of a tram motor was looking out of the window of his engine when his head collided with a tram which was passing in a contrary direction…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Surry Hills omnibus collided with a tram in Oxford-street yesterday. The 'bus was smashed and the horses were much injured, as were also the…
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BUDA-PESTH, Tuesday.—A disaster occurred at a wedding party in Hungary as it was proceeding down the river Thesis. The boat upset and thirty-five persons were…
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