The Manly Fatality
No traces have yet been found of the body of the late Mr. Ernest Holdsworth, or yet the body, of the Kanaka who was lost when searching for the former. A diligent search has been kept…
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The Drowning Case at Manly
Although strenuous efforts have been made to recover the body of the late Mr Ernest Holdsworth, and that of the Kanaka who was lost while engaged in the search, yet, so far, the labour has…
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Sir,-- Under the above heading in your issue of this morning appears a letter signed, "A Master Mariner," who desires to know why "the usual means-- dragging with grapplings"-- were not brought…
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Sir,--I regret that Mr Cohen, in his reply to my letter signed "Master Mariner," should have taxed me with rushing into print without ascertaining some knowledge of the facts about which I was writing. My…
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A very sad case of drowning occurred in the ocean off Manly at about 7 a.m. on Monday 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…
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ANOTHER sad calamity, attended with results almost as lamentable as the Coogee fatality, occurred at Manly Beach early on Monday. It appears that it is the custom for a large number of the residents…
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Sir, -- A few words in final reply to my friend Mr J. T. Dennis, who asks -- " Why, then, was the unfortunate Kanaka allowed to dive into such a terrible vortex?" Why, indeed In the first place it is a…
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Another accident has occurred at the Albury railway works. A young man named William Shugg was working under a high bank, when a fall of earth occurred, fracturing some of his…
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Considerable excitement prevailed in the city early this morning owing to the circulation of a report to the effect that a man had been cut to pieces by the train, and subsequent inquiries proved that the…
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It was reported to the City Coroner this morning, that a child named Florrie Prentice, aged 3 years, daughter of Edward Prentica, residing at Paramatta-road, Homebush, was found drowned in a well…
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When intelligence was received on Monday last of the drowning of Mr Holdsworth at Manly, Constable Skinner, of the Water Police, was despatched to search for the bodies, being selected…
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The City Coroner commenced an inquest at the Commercial Hotel on Saturday afternoon, on the body of James Molloy, 23 years of age, who was killed at the Redfern railway station that morning…
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Early on Saturday morning a terrible accident happened at the Redfern railway–station, which illustrates the habitual danger to which those who work on the railway are exposed, to a young…
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Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., city coroner, held an inquest this morning at Homebush to inquire into the cause of death of a little girl named Florrie Rosanna Prentice, 3 years of ago, whose body was found in a…
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Yesterday afternoon a cab-driver [?] Quigley, who resided at [?]-street, Wool[?], was brought by P. G. Lark to the infirmary, suffering from injuries to his head, [?] by a fall from…
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"Sweets to the sweet" is a hackneyed aphorism, but received quite a new application on Sunday night. Our own Jumbo-like Juggernaut, having already gone for a millinery showroom and a blacksmith's…
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Yesterday afternoon a cabin in named James Quigley, residing in Denison-street, Woollabra, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital suffering from severe injuries to the head, resulting afterwards in…
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Yesterday afternoon, shortly before 1 o'clock, a rather serious collision took place in the harbour. The steamship Delcomyn, from London, whilst coming up alongside the Central Wharf, ran into the…
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A terrible and fatal accident happened to a man named Thomas Clifton yesterday afternoon at James's sawmill, East Wardell. It appears that whilst engaged in his duties about the engine, that…
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Thomas Clifton, while working at Mr. James's sawmill yesterday got entangled in the machinery, and before he could be extricated was torn to pieces. When the machinery was stopped he was…
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