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An inquest was held yesterday by the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.F., at his rooms as to the cause of death of a mas, name unknown, who died at the Infirmary on Tuesday last. From the evidence it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday at his rooms on the body of Joseph Ashton Grant, a labourer, residing in Pyrmont Bridge-road, who was killed whilst at work in pulling down an old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Coroner held an inquest at his chambers yesterday on the body of the unfortunate man Joseph Ashton Grant, who was killed whilst at work in Abercrombie-lane, off George-street, late…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some time since we announced the death of Mr. F. Field, the second son of Mr. Field, secretary to the NorthShore Ferry Company, which occurred on Evesham Station, situated far out in Western Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the 16th July, Mr. Barnstaple Robertson Rodd (of the firm of Messrs. Batt, Rodd, and Purves, auctioneers) met with a fatal accident while riding to his residence at Ashfield, early on Sunday morning. He left town by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Valuable discoveries have been made and valuable inventions suggested by the veriest accidents. An alchemist, while seeking to discover a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. R. B. Rodd, the well-known and respected auctioneer, is no more, His death, which occurred a few days since, was the result of an accident the particulars of which can only be surmised, as the horse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Of the appearance of the vessel when put into dock at Melbourne, the " Argus." says:—Although the turret ship Cerberus and the frigate Nelson have both been in the dock, they are…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest to-day at the Observer Tavern as to the cause of death of Elizabeth Ellen White, 6 years of age, who was kiled by being run over by an omnibus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fearful accident occurred here yesterday afternoon. A young man named William Root left home after dinner for the purpose of woodcutting. About 8 p.m. his horse and dray…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alexander Carrell, a carpenter, had his knee badly crushed between two buffers at the A. A. Company's Hamilton Pit yesterday. A miner named William Poordisch, working in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meritorious act of saving a young lad's life from drowning was performed yesterday by a young gentleman named Edward Thompson Fegan, the sixth clerk in the Central Police Court, at the Circular…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday afternoon, about 2 o'clock, a woman named Bridget Compton, aged 44 years, living at No. 2, Lewis-street, Sedfern, who had bees to see the laying of the foundation stone by the Princes,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The [?] Observer of yesterday, in referring to the report of the fatal accident to the boy Thompson at the Roman Catholic presbytery which appeared in the " Evening News," says…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OUR Parramatta correspondent informed us by wire this morning of a collision which occurred dat the Parramatta railway station last night. As the 9.40 p.m. train left the station, and before it had crossed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A sad accident says the "Goulburn Herald") happened on Monday last at Sutton Forest, by which william Norris, carrier, a well-known resident, lost his life. It appears that he was returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night Mr. Mitchell, his wife, and three other persons of Enfield, Kurrajong, were proceeding on their way to a concert in a buggy, when, as they were going down Church Hill, near Richmond,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News was received at a late hour last night of a fatal boat accident at Port Albert on Saturday evening, resulting in the death of a young man named Smith, aged 18, the son of a butcher…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible railway accident has occurred in the vicinity of Blackburn, in Lancashire. Two trains came into collision, by which five persons were killed on the spot, and thirty…
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