Sensational Runaway. Two Persons Injured
A runaway occurred in the west end of the city yesterday morning, resulting in Mr. A. Johns, a dairyman, at Merewether, being seriously injured, and his wife…
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Accidents, 1902
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Where Pioneers Sleep. St. Andrew's, Waratah. Mr. James Corlette. Mining Accidents
Many years ago the late Mr. Simon Kemp gave a piece of land to the church authorities, upon which a school, church, and parsonage were to be built at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Runaway Fatality. Inquest on the Victim
The circumstances in connection with the sensational runaway accident of the 20th inst., through which Mr. Ambrose John, a miner and dairymen, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Accident. Lieut.-col. Hutchinson Killed Brisbane
A profound sensation was created in the city to-night when it became known that the body of Lieut.-Colonel Kenneth Hutchinson, of the Queensland Defence…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The torpedoboat destroyer Recruit, which struck on the Vineck Rock off Cornwall, during a thick fog, has been re-floated,…
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The circumstances attending the collision which occurred on April 5 between Messrs J. and A. Brown's tug Gamecock, and the tug Loveret, belonging to the fleet…
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Early yesterday morning the body of a man was found floating in the water near North Stockton. It was identified as that of Rossano Dominico, boatswain on…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Two Italian officers fought a duel at Turin yesterday. One of the combatants dropped his sword, and in stooping to pick it…
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The fortnightly meeting in connection with the Co-operative Relief Fund was held on Thursday evening. Four new accidents were reported during the…
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The fortnightly meeting of the local board was held at Hetherington's hotel on Friday evening. The income for the past pay amounted to £25 2s 6d, and the…
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At Carrington on Saturday a young man named Edward Butler met with a painful accident by the explosion of a gun. He was shooting, it is said, at some water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Tram Accident. Sydney
Shortly after 6 o'clock on Saturday evening. Alderman W. Dolman, of Newtown, was run over by a steam tram in Parramatta-road. When picked up he…
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At the Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether, yesterday, Mr. G. C. Martin, district coroner, held a magisterial Inquiry concerning the death of a child named Jane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Teralba Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death
An inquest was held at Hodges' Hotel, Teralba, yesterday, before Mr. G. C. Martin, District Coroner, and a jury, concerning the death of the man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Harbour Collision. Court of Marine Inquiry. the Gamecock and the Leveret
The collision between the steam tugs Leveret and Gamecock in the Newcastle Harbour, on April 5, was enquired into by a Court of Marine Enquiry at the Court…
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The enquiry by the Marine Court into the circumstances of the collision between the steamers Kellee and Dunmore, which took place off Botany, on May 13, was…
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Thomas O'Brien, 72 years of age, an old resident of Raymond Terrace, was drowned in the river near the Terrace on Friday night or Saturday morning. On the…
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An awful accident occurred recently at the Roma-street railway station, when Lieut.-Col. Hutchison was knocked down, run over, and torn to pieces by a train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Beaver-tinana Collision
On Friday in the Supreme Court, Brisbane, the Chief Justice delivered judgment in the action brought by Wooster and Co. against the A. U. S. N. Company, arising out of the collision between the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sydney Letter. the Minor Form of Confidence Man.—how Easily Accidents Happen.—"the War of the Staggerers."—packers in Australia Versus Those in Ceylon.—mr. Wragge and "Barton," "Drake," and "Deakin."—the Governor-general's Salary Again.—vandalism in the Gardens. Sydney
"The coral reef," struck by a George-street, jeweller the other day, is as old as the hills, but not as regards "coral." The young man told the jeweller there…
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