Found Drowned. WILCANNIA
A swagsman, whose named is supposed to be John G. O'Brien, was found drowned in a tank near Lake Dick, at the back of Momba run. He is believed to have slipped into deep water while…
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Found Drowned in Sydney Cove
Mr H. Shiell, J.P., City Coroner, held an inquest at the White Heart Hotel, George-street, yesterday, on the body of a man who was found floating in the harbour at the west side of Sydney Cove on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A colision occurred this evening at Eaglehawk on the railway. A special goods train had just arrived all stood outside the station, under protection of the semaphore, when a passenger train came…
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This morning a drayman named William Baxter, 52 years of Mrs. while driving his dray in Oxford-street, near Darlinghurst, accidentally fell off his vehicle, one of the wheels passing over his chest,…
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Yesterday afternoon a wharf labourer named Peter White, whose residence is in Glebe-street, fell down the hold of a vessel. He was taken to the hospital, and admitted for treatment. His back and forehead…
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This morning a scaffolding at Vickery's buildings, Prospect-street, Waverley, gave way, precipitating to the ground, a distance of 6ft, two men who were working upon it. One of the men, Thomas Madden, 42…
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On Tuesday afternoon a man named George William Cocks was accidentally killed at Tambana, about seven miles from Kempsey, on the Nambuccra road, by a sleeper falling upon him…
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Yesterday a fatal accident occurred to a dray-drlver in Oxford-street, near Darlinghurst. The unfortunate man was a carrier in the employ of Mr Patrick Lacy, and met his death through a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Railway Accident in Scotland. [“European Mail”, May 18.]
ONE of the most disastrous railway accidents that ever happened on the Caledonian railway occurred at Lockerbie a few minutes before midnight on May 14 to the mail train due at…
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An inquest was held yesterday afternoon by Mr H. Shiell, J.P., City Coroner, on the body of the man William Baxter, who died at the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday afternoon from injuries…
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LONDON, July 12.—The court of inquiry into the recent disastrous collision between the Waitara and Hurunui fixes the blame upon the second officer and the captain of the former vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegeaph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our Own Correspondents.) the Recent Collision Between the Waitara and Hurunui. London, July 12
The Admiralty have held an inquiry into the circumstances of the recent collision in the English Channel between the ships Hurunui and Waitara, both of which were bound for…
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LONDON, July 12.—The court of inquiry into the recent disastrous collision between the "Waitara and Hurunui fixes the blame upon the second officer and captain of the former vessel…
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A collision occurred this evening at Eaglehawk on the railway. A special goods train had just arrived and stood outside the station, under protection of the semaphore, when a passenger train came…
Continued on Trove, page 59 →Vandalism at Watson's Bay. a Church-organ Maliciously Injured
One of the most malicious and causeless acts of vandalism ever recorded, was committed recently at Watson's Bay. Some scoundrel or other got into St. Peter's Anglican Church there, and so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Third Edition Latest Telegrams. Fatal Accident on the Sorata. ADELAIDE
During the passage of the steamship Sorato from Melbourne a horrible accident occurred resulting in the loss of one man and the mutilation of two others. As the vessel was heading off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hawthorn Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Hawthorne Inquiry Board report has been published. It reviews all the circumstances which led up to the accident, and states that Hunt, the guard of the special train, and Kitchen, the driver,…
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ON Thursday, July 5, while a wood-earter named David M'Kenzie, residing at Homebush, was leading his horse and eart across the railway line near that station, he observed the train from Parramatta, due…
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On Saturday evening a woman named Mary Clifton, residing in Hay-street, was crossing George-street when she was knocked down by an omnibus, and sustained a fracture of one of her legs. A wharf labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents on the S.s. Sorata. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The Orient Company's steamship Sorata arrived this morning, after an exceedingly rough passage from Melbourne, during which one man was washed overboard and drowned, another had his two legs broken,…
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