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The.Times publishes the following particulars of the recent accident at Bradford:— A frightfuluaccedent occuried at Bradford on the morning of December 23 by the full of a mill chimney, whereby…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A boy named Henry Craig, while alighting from a railway carriage on the platform at Ashfield on Thursday, fell between the carriage and the platform, and sustained severe injuries. It is believed that his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident occurred on the Glebe Point tramway yesterday. It appears that about 6.30 a.m. a dairyman named Thomas Rigby, residing at Glebe-street, near Cowper-street, was driving his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A GREAT sensation was caused here on Saturday evening, by the passenger train which was due at 3 o'clock not arriving until 5. It transpired that the engine had got off the line at sharpand…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →About 6 o'clock this morning the body of a man was found floating on the west side of Sydney Cove by Thomas Hunter, master of the steamer Mystery, The body, which was removed to the morgue at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another sad calamity attended with results almost as lamentable as the Coogee fatality, occurred at Manly Beech early this morning. It appears that it is the usual custom for a large number of the residents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About ten o'clock on the night of Sunday, January 7, the new steamer Kirby Hall, belonging to the Hall line of steamers trading between the Mersey and India, arrived at Liverpool with the news of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday morning an accident happened to a lad about 17 years of age, named Patrick Lehane. who for the past seven years had been adopted by Mr. James Allen, innkeeper, of this town. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During a performance on the tight rope at Tamnda yesterday, the wire snapped, and the performer was precipitated to the ground, escaping with a slight bruising. An assistant named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--Relative to the above, there are indisputable facts respecting the recovery of the bodies of the two unfortunate ladies, which require an abler pen than mine to particularise; yet, as I was an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The city coroner held an inquest at the Observe-Tavern yesterday on the body of a man, named Thomas Warr, 61 years of age, who was found drowned at Circular Quay yesterday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very sad case of drowning; occurred in the ocean off Manly at about 7 a.m. yesterday morning. It seems that a large party of gentlemen are in the habit of bathing in the ocean between 6 and 7 o'clock every morning. Formerly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An inquest was held at the Observer Tavern yesterday, by Mr H. Shiell, J.P., City Coroner, touching the death of a man named Thomas Warr, who was found drowned floating in the waters of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A few hours have sufficed to prove what should now be an undisputable fact with regard to the very great clanger which exists in connection with even the most efficient swimmers, who venture to bathe in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Following closely upon the distressing fatality at Coogee, which is still fresh in the memories of the people, another tragic event of a similar character occurred at Manly yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James Mills and George Hubbard, while working in the Minmi Pit, on Saturday, wandered with naked lamps into part of the workings where they had no business, and had been warned not to go to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Neither the body of the into Mr. Ernest Holdsworth nor that of the man James Mills, who attempted to recover his body, has yet been reclaimed from the sea, and from the nature of the place at which both were lost, it is not thought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was reported to the city coroner this morning by constable Teare, of the water police, that between 7 and 8 o'clock last evening a boat, loaded with oysters and managed by two men, named August Martin and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notwithstanding the strenuous efforts which have been instigated and continued now for some time to recover the body of the late Mr. Ernest Holdsworth, and also that of the Kanaka who was lost whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--It seems that warning after warning is not sufficient for either foolhardy people or the authorities. For instance, yesterday we were informed that a young man lost his life, although a good swimmer,…
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