Serious Accident
Yesterday evening, John Smith, aged 15, a page, in the employment of Mr. Sydney Bardekin, was thrown from a vehicle he was driving in Macquarie-street north. His head came with great force against…
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The Late Tram Accident
According to the latest bulletin, the tram-conductor M'Gregor still lies at the hospital in a desperately bad condition. He is at tunes delirious, and when in that state imagines be is following hi a old occupation,…
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At about 7 o'clock this morning a man named James Reid was found drowned in the harbour at Manly. The deceased, who was a butcher, in the employment of Mr. John Farrell, Manly, was last…
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LONDON, October 26.—Mr. Alexander M'Arthur, who met with a serious injury to one of his eyes, is progressing favourably. Fears were entertained that the uninjured eye would…
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The Rev. Patrick Clowry, CO., Carah, near Naas (says tho Irish Times, 1st Sept.), met with an accident which terminated fatally. It appears he was returning home,…
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It is sometimes sarcastically said, in regard to the trams, that when a member of Parliament or some other important personage is killed by juggernaut, something will be done to altar the system. The…
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An alarming accident occurred off Bradley's Head on Sunday afternoon, by which four persons narrowly escaped losing their lives. A party of four, named John Dunkerley, Wm. Danker ley, Edwin Barber,…
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A commercial traveller named S. F. Bolger met with a sad accident on Saturday night at Petersham Railway Station. He attempted to cross the line as the down train from Parramatta came up, and…
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Mr. Alexander M'Arthur's uninjured eye has been pronounced safe. The accident to the one eye would, it was feared, seriously affect the other…
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Yesterday morning the eldest son of Mr. Lewis Jones (manager for Mr. Thomas Thompson, storekeeper) went bathing with other lads below the fisheries. Being able to swim very slightly,…
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An inquest was held yesterday morning by Mr H. Shiell, J.P., City Coroner, at his chambers, on the body of a man named John M'Gregor, a tram-conductor, who died at the Sydney hospital on…
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Yesterday evening a dreadful accident happened in Elizabeth-street, between Campbell and Goulburn streets. The Marrickviile tram, which left Bridge-street at 7.10 ran over a little boy named Henry…
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London, October 31. Two separate and distinct explosions, the cause of which has not yet been ascertained, occurred lost night on the underground…
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Last night at 7.15 & fatal accident occurred to a little boy named Morris Ellis, aged 9 years, the son of Mr. Solomon Ellis, furniture dealer, 195, Oxford-street. It appears from a statement by Mr…
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Yesterday afternoon, about 1.15, a Cninaman named Leo War, of Gardener'e-road, off Botany-road, met with a fatal accident. He was driving his horse and cart in Waterloo, the latter collided with one…
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This morning tie city coroner held an inquiry into the cause of death of the boy Morris Ellis, 9 years of age, the son Mr. Solomon Ellis, of 195, Oxford-street. No new facts were disclosed as to the cause of the…
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Early on September 17, during a dense f[?]g, the ship St. Leonards, 1054 tons, Captain Todd, belonging to Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co., London, was in collision with the steamship Cormotant, 709 tons, Captain Stebbiek,…
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The city coroner held an inquest on Saturday afternoon, at Balmain, on the body of a child named Wm. D. M'Nicol, who was found drowned in a well on the premises of the father in Campbell-street, Balmain…
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It was rumoured this morning in Sydney, that the well-known jockey, Paddy Piggott, was dead. It was alleged that he died in Melbourne this morning from injuries received on Saturday at Flemington. but we…
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A trading boat and a dingy were found yesterday drifting down the Hawkesbury, near Saekville Beach. Close by a bat was also discovered. Both boats and hat have been identified as those…
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