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SIR,—At the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors at Randwick Destitute Children's Asylum, the proceedings of which were published in your issue of the 2nd instant, it was moved by Mr. John Davies, and seconded by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the heavy northerly wind yesterday a large number of racing boats were out practising and two of them capsized. The first to go over was the new skiff-dingy Tocal, which carried a heavy press of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Answering correspondents who complain in the public Press of the manner iu which the duties of the City Coroner's office are discharged has not been a practice of mine, but knowing that I do not permit any alteration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About six o'clock on last Monday evening, a son of Mrs. H. Croft was playing with a little girl at seesaw, when he fell off the board and unfortunately dislocated his elbow, and broke his arm also just above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday last, as the 1230 train was being shunted at Bowning, Mr. Joseph Pettingale, who has recently been appointed telegraph operator and poet master at the place, caught hold of one of the carriages,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a picnic held A short distance out of Brisbane yesterday, a shocking accident occurred with fire through carelessness. It appeared that a man who was smoking threw a burning match to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This forenoon, the City Coroner held an inquest at the Lord Clyde Hotel, John-street, Pyrmont, concerning the death of Alexander Myles. Ellan Myles. of Church-street, Pyrmont, wife of the deceased, deposed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About five o'clock yesterday afternoon a child named Patrick joseph Hayes, aged three years and one month, the son of James Hayes, gardener, residing is Union street, Macdonald Town, near Newtown, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fatal Alpine accidentis reported from Zermatt Switzerland. On Monday, the 28th August, two Englishmen—Mr. Hayman and Mr. Johnson, accompanied by the two brothers Ignatze and Franz Sarback,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last Saturday afternoon. the city Coroner held an inquest at the Australian Ian, Erskineville Road, Macdonald Town, touching the death of a child named Patrick Joseph Hayes. The parents of deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A second inquest was held this afternoon at the Observer Tavern, Lower George street, concerning the death of a man named Williams, a seaman of the steamer Cygnet. Between 11 and 12 o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A boy named William Henry Waters, aged 6 years, was admitted into the Infirmary to-day, suffering from a badly fractured thigh, from a Call…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Coroner held au inquest at Melbourne on the 14th, at the hospital, upon the body of a man, 81 years of age, named William Noell, who died there on the previous day. It appeared from the evidence that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[At a meeting of the Dandenong Committee, held this week at the Town Hall, Dr. Carroll drew attention to the great number of wrecks that had taken place on our coast during the last season attended, with severe loss of lives, leaving families entirely unprovided for;…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yesterday the City Coroner held an inquest at the residence of Mr. R. Way, solicitor, at Lymsrston, Marrickville, concerning the death of a child, named Frederick Cecil Way, who was found drowned in a pood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Wednesday last the passenger train arriving 1.15 p. m. at Parramatta was approaching the platform from Sydney, and passing over the last set of points…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tile City Coroner to-day held an inquest at the Waverley Hotel, Waverley, touching the death of a child named Joseph Wonocott. The father of tie deceased Joseph Wonocott, a drayman, residing in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The loss of two lives by drowning in the Barwon River has been recorded in our telegraphic columns. The Advertiser supplies the following additional particulars:-"One of the saddest cases of drowning that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Coroner, yesterday, held an inquest at the Waverley Hotel, Balmain, concerning the death of a boy named Robert Henry Paisley The father of the deceased deposed that deceased was aged 7 years and 6…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the 15th instant, an inquest was held a Grafton upon the body of a nun named Philip Donaghue, who had met his death by drowning in a small pool of water, about nine inches deep. It appears…
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