The Latest Telegrams. Drowned in Middle Harbour. Sydney
The circumstances surrounding the sudden disappearance of Edward Goldrick. from Echo farm, were cleared up last night by the body being found in Middle…
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Accidents, 1897
61 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 4
Death by Drowning Sydney
Two Sisters named Sayers were drowned at Foxton on Sunday while bathing. Another girl named Coulson met a similar death at Wai[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Teerible Accident--death of Mr. Joseph Leeds
ON Friday morning, a telegram was received in Dubbo aunouncing the death by a lift accident of Mr. Joseph Leeds, the head of the well-known firm of Joseph Leeds and Co., stock and station agents,…
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AN accident, which terminated fatally, occurred at Ballimore on Saturday morning. It appears that Alfred Issac Gillies, son of Mr. John G[?]llies,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sad Accident--heroic Rescue
A VERY sad accident happened on the railway line near Trangie on Monday night. Two boys, named James Curzon, aged 15 years, and James Montgomery, 16 years, left Sydney with the hope of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Accident at the Weir
A very serious accident befel a man named Allan McMillan, at the weir on Thursday afternoon. At about a quater past two, he was employed gathering up the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Mining Explosion. Two Men Killed and Three Injured. Perth
By an explosion of defonators at Mount Charlotte mine. Kalgoorlie, five men have been injured by the poisonous fumes. Two miners (one named Milson) have since…
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District Coroner, Mr. M. Nevin, held a magisterial inquiry at Parramatta on Tuesday into the circumstances attending the death of George Winch, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Fatality at Bathurst
ON Sunday morning, says the 'National Advocate,' a young man named Edward Donnelly, aged 20 years who had attended muss at the Roman Catholic Church, and participated in the Sacrament…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to the Southern Mail. Sydney
The mail train from Melbourne ran off the line last night, 3 miles on the Sydney side of Yass Station, through running over a calf which strayed on…
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Mr. Justice Williams, while at the Buffalo Ranges, fell and fractured his knee cap. He was canied 11 miles over rough country on a stretcher…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Accident at the Sydney Docks. a Sailor's Narrow Escape. Head Struck a Pier While Rowing Ashore with the Line From a Ship, and Fell Into the Water Bruised and Insensible
Wh[?]n a member of our staff went in search of Mr. John Smith, of 4 Wilmot-street, Sydney, he fortunately fonnd him at home, and on his remarking that the object of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boating Fatality. Melbourne
A sad boating fatality occurred at Mornington while the regatta was being held there. In the fishermen's race the boat "Progress," manned by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Accident at the Sydney Docks. a Sailor's Narrow Escape. Head Struck a Pier While Rowing Ashore with the Line From a Ship, and Fell Into the Water Bruised and Insensible
When a member of our staff went in search of Mr. John Smith, of 4, Wilmotstreet, Sydney, he fortunately fouud him at hon.e, and on his remarking that the object…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Fire in Paris. Two Hundred People Killed. One Hundred Injured. (By Cable.) London, May 5
During the progress of a charity bazaar in Paris a fire broke out in the building, which resulted in the death of 30 persons. In the fierce struggle to escape 100 other persons were…
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A telegram from Melbourne on Saturday says:—A shocking accident occurred in Ballarat yesterday to a boy named Willie Chinnery, son of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Accidents at Broken Hill. an Inquiry Instituted. Sydney
Owing to the numerous accidents at mi[?]es of late the Government has appointed Judge Murray as a commissioner to inquire into the working…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Drowning [?] SYDNEY, July 9
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shooting Fatality. Sydney, July 13
While three youths were duck shooting in the Albury district on Saturday, one, named Dy[?]ing, accidentally shot his cousin dead…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Railway Accident. London, July 12
In a railway accident in Denmark, an express collided with a passenger train and 40 persons were killed and 50 injured…
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