Death by Drowning
CASINO, Friday Mrs. John Gray, a very old resident A the district, was drowned in the river yesterday. She was washing domes by the river bank in the morning; on being called to dinner,…
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A Bank Teller Accidentally Shot
ALBURY, Saturday.—Yesterday afternoon, just before the closing hour for the banks, a suspicious looking character entered the Bank of New South Wales. The teller, Mr. Wm. Moffitt, in order to have…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The Wallsend Colliery accident is still the subject of great excitement. Great exertions are being made by night and day, under the direction of the manager, Mr. Neilson,…
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Intelligence reached Newcastle to-day of a serious colliery accident at Wallsend. A portion of the old workings, situated under the hill behind the colliery, fell in suddenly this morning. On visiting the scene of…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—A young Dane, an immigrant by the Charles Dickens, fell overboard in the Fitzroy river and was drowned…
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Wellington, Monday.—Mr. Hally Henderson, commercial traveller for Messrs. Toting and Lark, was thrown from his horse on Wellington Bridge this morning. He is now slowly recovering from…
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Newcastle, Monday.—A fatal boat accident occurred on Saturday, whereby fife men were drowned. Their names are Martin Olson and Black Peter, two well-known fishermen;…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Another serious accident occurred on Saturday during the prosecution of the search for the body of George Oughton. When the party were in the works an explosion of…
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Yesterday, a ten-ton yacht cruising on the Parramatta. River, succeeded in beating up into Hen and Chicken Bay, and as deep keels do not often make the acquaintance of these shallow waters, some curiosity…
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ARMIDALE, Tuesday.—A young man named Albertson, a son of a farmer at Dungowan, met with a horrible death last Saturday. He slipped into the threshing-machine, and was so fearfully…
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BALRANALD, Tuesday.—Mr. Gould, of Canally station, while out on the run shooting bulls, was struck in the mouth with a spent rifle bullet, which smashed his teeth and jaw…
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GLOUCESTER, Tuesday.—A very serious accident happened to a young man, at Back Creek, named Thomas, son of Mr. Thomas, of Messrs. Birley and Thomas, machine owners, at Back…
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Yesterday afternoon a shocking accident took place at the Newtown Railway Station, resulting in the death of a man, who, up to the present, has not been identified. It appears that about 2 p.m., the man passed…
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A melancholy boating accident happened off this port on Saturday last, which has now been proved to have resulted, beyond any doubt, in the sacrifice of the lives of five persous…
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THE City Coroner, this morning, held an inquest at the Brecknock Arms Hotel, Lower George-street, concerning the death of a man named James Wisdom who was killed on the railway at Newtown, last…
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ARMIDALE, Friday.âA young girl named Doran was drowned yesterday while crossing the creek on a plank below the township. The creek was running vary strong, and she was swept by the…
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QUEANBEYAN, Friday.—Henry Oldfield, overseer to the Hon. F. De Salis, Cuppucumbalong station, was killed yesterday at the station while engaged with cattle in the stockyard…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—A woman named West: was seriously injured by the upsetting of a cart: this morning, between here and Charleston. She was taken to the hospital, and her life is despaired…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—A boy named wa[?] aged 12 years, son of newly-arrived immigrants by the ship Devon, was drowned yesterday afternoon, while bathing in the Brisbane river…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday,—Mrs. West has died from the injuries she received yesterday, through the accidental upsetting of a cart…
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