Fatal Accident
The city coroner, Mr. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest on Saturday afternoon on the body of Charles Shepherd, a married man, residing at 205, Riley-street, who was killed on the previous afternoon at the…
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Accident to the Barque Jessie. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
News has reached Swan Hill, a port on the Murray, to the effect that the barque Jessie, bound for Eahuca, yesterday struck on a snag, or come other obstacle, about 10 miles from Swan Hill, and sank in a few…
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Yesterday the City Coroner held an inquest on the body of the man Wm. M'Cabe, who was injured on the Illawarra Railway line on Saturday, and subsequently died in the Prince Alfred Hospital. The…
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Yesterday evening a youth named Richard Matthews was thrown from his horse on Pyrmont Bridge, by reason of the animal coming in collision with a dray loaded with timber. Matthews was rendered…
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Just after noon to-day an elderly woman named Bridget O'Connor, who resides in Dowling-street, was taken to the hospital suffering from severe burns on the face, head and left breast. It would seem…
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Sir,—Last Saturday, the 24th instant, I attended an auction sale of Government Crown lands held on the ground near the 63rd mile-post on the Great Western Railway line. When leaving the sale I walked along the line three miles…
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LONDON, November 28.—The Board of Trade has held an inquiry into the cause of the collision between the ship Cormorant and the immigrant ship St. Leonards, which occurred in the…
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A man, whose name is unknown, was found drowned in the Lachlan River, below the Cowra Bridge. He is supposed to have been drunk, or to have committed suicide. An inquest will be…
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Full telegraphic particulars from Mr Giles, relative to his search for his late companions who perished from thirst in the bush, were received tonight, Giles reports that he had great difficulty…
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The Board of Trade has held an inquiry into the cause of the collision between the ship Cormorant and the immigrant ship St. Leonards, which occurred in the English…
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An aboriginal named "Old Simon" was discovered lying dead in the street, in Armidale, this morning. A bottle containing carbolic acid was found by boa side. It is believed that he…
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A frightful accident occurred at the Murrurundi railway station late last night, or very early this morning, to an engine cleaner named Thomas M'Carney. An engine was standing at the time…
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A woman 60 years of age named Wynne, a resident of Wilford-street, Newtown, was found drowned yesterday in a well on her own premises. She was last seen alive by a man named Priol at 9 o'clock on…
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About 4.30 yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred to one John Murphy. Murphy was riding a horse round the corner of Liverpool and Pitt streets, when the animal stumbled and fell to the ground…
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A shocking fatal accident has happened near St. Arnaud, resulting in the loss of two lives. James Brain, the son of a selector residing at Waterloo Plains, and Frederick Digneley, his father, labourer, were…
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News has reached Swan Hill, a port on the Murray, to the effect that the barge Jessie, bound for Echuca, yesterday struck on a snag, or some other obstacle, about 10 miles from Swan Hill, and sank in a few…
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About half-past 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon an accident of a fatal character happened to a little girl, five and a half years old, named Dora Rosina. Heath, the daughter of Mr. Thomas Heath, residing…
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Yesterday morning at 8 o'clock a boy named Hearne found the dead body of a man lying in the sewer near Rush cutter Bay bridge. Information was given to the police, and the body conveyed to the…
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At the coroner's inquest held on the body of the old man found in the river below the Cowra Bridge it was shown that he had not been under the influence of drink, but is believed to have…
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Charles Smith, the commercial traveler whose leg was amputated last week, through injuries received by the upsetting of a vehicle near Deepwater, died at that place yesterday morning. He…
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