Found Drowned
MAITLAND, Saturday.—An inquest was held yesterday in Hinton respecting the death of Michael Maddigan, whose body was discovered in the river near Hinton…
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Accidents, 1884
479 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 24
Found Drowned
SYDNEY, Saturday.—The body of a man named Richard Abbot, late fireman of the harbour steamer Defiance, was found floating in the water near the Circular…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A serious accident happened to Mrs. Roberts, wife of the superintendent of tramways, which may prove to be serious. Mrs. Roberts and…
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THE Otago Daily Times reports that on the 9th March an accident which resulted fatally, occurred at Port Chalmers, when Mr. John Reid, a timber measurer in the…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A shocking accident occurred last evening to Cobb and Co.'s coach, coming from Mornington to Frankston. The horses shied near…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Adshead, commercial traveller for Robert Gray and Sons, has been severely injured by the upsetting of a vehicle between Parkes and…
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AN accident, which has proved fatal, occurred on Saturday afternoon in Lansell's No. 2 Mine, on the New Chum Reef, Sandhurst, to a married man named James Coad…
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GLEN INNES, Tuesday.—Mrs. M'Donald, wife of a settler near Glen[?]innes, accidentally shot her child yesterday. Its life is despaired of…
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A SERIOUS accident happened in Forbes on Saturday evening to Mr. Adshead, commercial traveller for Messrs, John Gray and Co. He was driving a four-house…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Margaret Mackenzie, nineteen years of age, a daughter of Mr. John Mackenzie, of Burramine, near Marrawonga, was drawing a bucket…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Yesterday evening a man named James Daley, seventy-six years of age, who gave his address as No. 35, King-street, was brought to the…
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AT the Sydney railway station on Friday afternoon a serious accident took place, causing injuries more or less severe to several persons, one of whom died late…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—Edward Peeror, a Custom House officer, was struck on the head by a railway buffer yesterday, and was killed…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—At the inquest on the body of young Fletcher, who was killed in the railway accident at Redfern, the engine-driver, in the course of his…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—An old man, named James Daley, aged 76, who was run over by a trolly in Pitt street, died in the hospital yesterday…
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ON Saturday afternoon a shocking and fatal accident occurred to a young man named Kean, in the employment of Messrs. M'Dermott Bros., Orange. It appears that he was…
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IN connection with the railway accident which occurred on Friday afternoon, we (S. M. Herald) learn that except the two brothers Fletcher none of the Newington…
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ON the 22nd April the performance at the Princess Theatre, Dunedin (N.Z.), terminated somewhat abruptly owing to an accident, by which Miss Carry Nelson was…
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ABOUT three weeks ago (says the S. M. Herald) a very narrow escape from a serious collision occurred on the railway line between Parramatta and Granville. The last…
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A COLLISION, which in all probability may involve the Government to a large amount, occurred in Newcastle harbour yesterday morning. The barque Prospector, 225 tons,…
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