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28 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
BETWEEN 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon two lads, aged 15 and 16 years respectively, sons of Mr. John Robertson, late of Perimee, were drowned in the river above the railway bridge. They had gone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Saturday last the Coroner, Dr. L. Berustein, held a Corouer's inquest at the Queensland Hotel on the body of John Robertson, drowned in the river whilst bathing the previous evening, and on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN extraordinary drowning fatality occurred at Melbourne on the night of the 1st instant. A band was playing on the Esplanade, and it being a hot night in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE undying enmity between the Russian and the Finn has been exemplified afresh, says a Times correspondent, by outbreak of hostilities between the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PARTICULARS come from Rio of the collision with an iceberg of the ship Wellington bound from New Zealand to London with a freight of frozen mutton. When the Wellington had rounded Cape Horn she…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FOR many years in the Shaw-Savill line the fine ship Wellington has sailed between London and New Zealand, but it is safe to say that in all her career she…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT Bathurst im Good Friday a shocking drowning accident occurred in the Macquarie River, resulting in the loss of three girls' lives. The victims were: Margaret Yeomans, aged 14, and Hilda…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ABOUT midnight on Saturday a man named William John Gee, a carpenter residing in Lismore, was drowned at the Public whart by falling off the river steamer Florrie, moored alongside the wharf. An…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Wednesday last a fatal accident occurred near Mayfield, by which we regret to say Mrs. Walmsley lost her life. The particulars, as we have heard, are that Mrs. A. Walmsley, who had occasion to go…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE class which is being formed by Dr. Connor will start work early in July, and will afford an excellent opportunity for people to acquire valuable instruction, which will be imparted in a series…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHILE it is as desirable to employ a veterinary surgeon in cases of severe sickness or dangerous injuries as it is to employ the family physician at times, it is well to know what to do in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A TERRIBLE accident is reported from the Sassafras settlement at Dandnong, by which a selector named Edward Hagboom and his wife and child lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A MAGISTERIAL enquiry was held in the Court-house, Coraki, before W. Yabsley, Esq., J.P., on Wednesday last touching the death of one Michael Blake. From the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CAPTAIN Fenwick's s.s. Albion, Captain Elliott in command, had a rough experience on Monday, and narrowly escaped adding another to j the list of casualties and wrecks, with which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A CABLEGRAM a short time ago referred to the collision of the s.s. Ethiopian with an iceberg The following particulars are given in a London paper:—-"On June 18th, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A REPORT was current in town last Friday that one of the men employed in the sugar mill at Rous had been killed by being carried into the shredder, but little credence was attached to the report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BETWEEN one and two o'clock on Thursday afternoon the neighbourhood of Rous was intensely shocked at hearing that man had fallen into the "shredder" at the mill. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following evidence was given concering the death of Joseph Sampson, killed in the machinery of the Rous Mill. James Guthrie, constable stationed at Rous,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Thursday morning a fatal accident occurred on the Great Northern line, between Hamilton and Waratah stations. An empty stock train from the Sydney end had passed the Islington Junction,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquiry was Held by the Coroner (Dr. L. Bernstein), on Saturday, touching the death of Mr. John James Paine, whose death was recorded last issue. No one wuh present with him when the accident…
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