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The adjourned inquest upon the body of the lad William Charles Smart, five years of age, who lost his life through being run over by a train at the Petersham railway crossing on August 29, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fatal accident happened about 1 o'clock yesterday at the new premises being erected for Messrs. Myers and Cantor in Kent-street. A Portugese workman named Roderiquez Silvio was crushed against a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A man named Sylvia Roderick was killed yesterday, at a building in course of erection in Kent-street, It appears the deceased was working a crane and was lowering a stone into position,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The dead body of a woman was found about half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning, floating in the Darling Harbour, at the bottom of Forsyth street. Glebe, by two girls named Hook…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Coroner began an inquiry at the Mount Lachian Hotel, Waterloo, yesterday morning, on the body of a man named Rodriguez Silva, a native of Portugal, who was killed on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday, the City Coroner held an inquest at Thompson's Hotel, Botany, on the body of a little boy named Leslie Thornber, who was found drowned in a water-cask last Wednesday. Mrs. Thornber…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Coroner held an inquest at the Tennyson Hotel, Botany, yesterday morning, on the body of a child named Leslie Thoraber, aged three years and a few months, who was found…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A man named John B[?]sell was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by Mr. Clark, S.M., at the Central Police Court, yesterday, for stealing five pairs of trousers and two hats, value £2…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DURING a heavy squall off Cape Bedford, on Thursday last, a Custom-house boat, containing Mr. B. Fahey, sub-collector and police magistrate, and two men named Coles and Anderson,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock, a boy named Michael Jackson, 16 years of age, son of an engineer, residing at Forest Lodge, was drowned in a waterhole off Sydenham-road, Marrickville. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday a large fishing boat was capsized just outside the Heads. The accident was observed by the captain of the Watson's Bay steamer Indignant, who at once steamed to the scene of the disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as the Watson's Bay steamer indignant was rounding south Reef, the captain's attention was called to a large fishing boat lying capsized just outside the Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The rivalry between opposition 'buses in the matter of cleanliness and punctuality is to be commended, but no more objectionable practice can be imagined than that of racing; the only results, if nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The body of William Clarke, the last of the three men who were drowned at Wagonga some weeks ago, has been found on the shore at Wagonga. The corpse was greatly disfigured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held yesterday, before the City Coroner, upon the body of Michael Jackson, 16 years of age, who was drowned on Sunday in a waterhole in a tan yard off the Sydeaham-road, Marrickville…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday a man named William Beck, in the employment of Messrs. Jones and Co., builders, unfortunately got his right hand into a grooving machine he was using. The index finger was completely torn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday a boy named William Fegan, 15 years of age, and residing at Ultimo, was taken to the hospital, suffering from severe injuries caused by his being struck upon the head with the handle of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday afternoon Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., City Coroner, held an inquest at the Observer Tavern, George-st., on the body of Peter Mack, who was found drowned last Monday under circumstances already…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An accident which night have terminated fatally, occurred at the railway station at half-past 6 last night. A hansom cab, with a rather restive horse, had just pulled up at the platform, the occupants…
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