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Yesterday afternoon at the criminal sittings, before Sir George lanes, Alfred Bowe alias Onzal, the Australian Blondin, was indicted for the manslaughter of a little boy named Albert B.Clymer, at Balmain, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A collision occurred on June 22nd in the English Channel, resulting in the loss a fine ship and 25 lives. The vessel which sank, the Waitara, belongs to the New Zealand Shipping Company. She left Gravesend for New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious and painful accident happened last night to a man named John St. Clair, a basket hawker, from Sydney. He was travelling along the western road, near Prospect, with his horse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday last, a baby about 14 months old, earned Ethel Maude Gregory, the daughter of a labourer residing in Alderson-strect, Redfern, was accidentally drowned in a tab of water. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Thursday afternoon a baby 14 months old, daughter of a labourer named John Lloyd Gregory, of Alderson-street, Redfern, was drowned in a tub of water. The mother had been washing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wednesday afternoon a man named Matthew Maher' 50 years of age, living in Marshall-street, Surry Hills, met with a serious accident. He was working in Surry-street, putting up some bluestone steps for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A very serious accident happened to a man named Thomas Gracie on Friday. He is a general foreman at the new warehouse in course of erection for Messrs. Trebeck and Sons in Bridge-street. He fell…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A young man named Frank Perkins fell off a truck at Mittagong on Thursday and injured his back very severely. He was brought to the Sydney Hospital and admitted for treatment. Spinal mischief is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Rotomahana whilst on her way to Bluff Harbour, struck Waipapapa Point, at about the same place where the Tararua met with a disaster some time ago. Fortunately the weather was fine when the…
Continued on Trove, page 275 →About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as a Botany tram was coming round the corner of Redfern and Castlereagh streets it came into collision with a two-horse trolly, driven by a man named Moore…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A young boy, aged 10 years, son of Mr Shannay, of Castlemaine, while playing near Campbell's Creek yesterday, fell into the water with his little brother. The latter was rescued, but the elder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A shocking accident happened yesterday to boy named Elison, 13 years of age. His brother who is 15 years old, presented a gun at him, and not knowing that it was loaded, pulled the trigge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A young man named William M'Twan, 20 years of age, was killed at No. 5 Section o? Saturday. He was working at a winch and when lowering a stone he let go the handle too…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A miner named George Barnett, whilst engaged in lowering some columns down the shaft of the Bistort West claim, Allendale, with a crab winch this morning, had his ankle drawn out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An occurrence of a somewhat melancholy nature took place on board the steamer Birkagate, which arrived at the Adelaide wharf this morning, after a smart passage from Adelaide. A steerage passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man named John Morshead, groom to Dr. Kyngdon, of North Shore, while waiting for his master at East-street, St. Leonards, with the litters horse and trap, mat with a serious accident. The animal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whilst the steamer Birksgate was on her voyage from Adelaide to Sydney, a passenger in the steerage, named John M'Nally, died from the effects of an accident on board, and was buried at sea. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rotomahana inquiry has been concluded. It was found that the grounding was caused by the unexpected strength of the current setting inshore, and the misjudging by Captain Carey of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A young man named Wm. M'Ewan, aged 22 years, a native of Williamstown, Victoria, met with a fatal accident on No. 5 section of the water, works on Saturday forenoon. He was lowering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A sad and fatal accident happened yesterday, to a son of Mr George Ellison, of George-street, who was shot while playing with his brother and cousins. It appears that a loaded gun was placed…
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