Born to Be Drowned. Chapter XVI.—(Continued.)
The lawyer wished to be alone; the gipsy fellow promised to return in the morning, and said he would rather return to the encampment. The…
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Accidents, 1887
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 12
Singular Accident in a Sawmill
A young man named Gleeson, employed at the Coopernook sawmills, was seriously injured on Wednesday last (reports the Manning River Times) by a splinter which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Born to Be Drowned. Chapter XVIII.—(Continued.)
'What madness is this?' cried the Baronet, rising and beginning to dress himself. 'Are you mad, that you come to me, who have but just returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Born to Be Drowned. Chapter Xix. Preparing for the Rescue
'THIS is very strange, indeed, Miss Alvira!' said Mr. Stanook, when they had reached the green-room, and the band had struck up a loud tune, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning of One of the Crew of the Maitland
LAST night, just as the Maitland was rounding Nobby's on her voyage from Sydney, one of the crew named E. P. Nelson, aged 41, was opening the gangway doors, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in the Harbour. the Ketch May Sunk
A collision occurred in the harbour shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday morning, by which the ketch May was sunk, whilst the master, Captain Martin, had rather a miraculous escape from losing his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Born to Be Drowned. Chapter Xx. on the Wild Waves
THE boat in which Henry Maltravers quitted the shore when pursued by the two detectives, was tossed high on the waves; and it was only now and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Born to Be Drowned. Chapter XXI.—(Continued.)
It was now nearly two o'clock in the morning. All the town, save the part of it which he had aroused, was buried in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Boating Fatality
A CORONER's inquiry was recently opened at Walton-on-the-Naze, respecting the circumstances attending a boat accident, whereby four men…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Found Drowned
A FRENCHMAN named Balthazar Merlin was discovered drowned in the Dog and Duck Lagoon. He was in the employ of Mrs. Langerie, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Born to Be Drowned. Chapter Xxiii. Another Plunge for Death
AWAKENING under the influence of the warm morning's sun, Henry Maltravers, when he found himself cast high and dry, glanced round him in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Born to Be Drowned. Chapter XXIV.—(Continued.)
But, in this instance, the circumstances were most peculiar, and suspicion pointed strongly to the fact that Henry was guilty, and Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand. Auckland, Tuesday. Terrible Drowning Catastrophe Eight Persons Drowned
Mrs. Kirk, her there children, and five Maoris have been drowned by the upsetting of a boat at Taloga Bay, New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Drowning Accident Off Nobby's
MR. F. J. THOMAS, manger of the Hunter River New Steam Navigation Company, was in Newcastle yesterday, and has asked us to publish the following reports of officers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Drowning Accident in New Zealand
FURTHER particulars are to hand of the sad boat accident which occurred in Tologa Bay on Sunday morning. While a Mrs. Kirk and hem three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision in the Harbour
AT about 10 minutes before 12 o'clock on Wednesday night, as the steamship Flora, belonging to the T.S.N. Company, Captain Bennison, was leaving No. 1 hydraulic crane,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Dr. Craven
IT is with much regret that we have to record the occurrence of a serious accident to Dr. Craven, who is in practice with Dr Hedley, at Hamilton. The doctor is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Steamers in Collision—many Lives Lost
Two vessels belonging to Havre—La Champagne and La Ville de Rio de Janeiro—came into collision on the 7th May, during a dense fog in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Accident at the Hawkesbury. Train Ran Over an Embankment. Four Persons Killed; Thirteen Injured. Sydney
A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred this afternoon at the Hawkesbury. A train ran over an embankment into the river at Peat's Ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Accident at Bathurst
A SHOCKING accident occurred at Bathurst, the ultimate result of which is expected to be the death of a railway employee named Joseph Blackburn…
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