A Man Drowned at Gundagai. GUNDAGAI
Yesterday a railway sub-contractor named M'Lennan went into the river to bathe, aud was drowned in 10ft of clear water. His body could be seen at the bottom of the river…
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Accident to the City of Brisbane
No little excitement was occasioned yesterday forenoon when it became known that the Newcastle Steamship Company's steamer City of Brisbane had arrived in a disabled condition from Newcastle, and considerable relief was felt when further information…
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A good deal of excitement was occasioned yesterday morning owing to the non-arrival of the Newcastle Steamship Company's steamer City of Brisbane from Newcastle. She was due soon after…
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BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday. -- Yesterday afternoon, a fatal accident occurred at Back Creek, Araluen, to a man named Richard Knaggs. He was inoculating cattle, had just got some of them into the…
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About 6 o'clock yesterday morning the dead body of a man was found floating in Farm Cove, by Frederick Bowe and Henry M'Ginty. residing at the Picton Arms Hotel, Campbell-street, who…
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The funeral of Mr. Richard Knaggs, stockman, at Araluen, who was fatally injured by a rail of the stockyard having struck him on the head, took place yesterday, and was attended by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Paddington Fatality. Verdict of Manslaughter Against the Contractor
The adjourned inquest on the body of the unfortunate woman, Margaret Bennett, who was crushed to death by the fall of the wall of a house which was in course of demolition at Paddington on the 28th ult…
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Dining the voyage of the barque Port Adelaide, fiom G asgew to Sydney, on January 25, in latitude 45deg 24min south, longitude 15deg 13min east, Wilson Thompson, an apprentice, whilst…
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About half-past nine o'clock last evening Alfred Blomgren, 18 years of age, and Edward Blomgren, 21 years, the former the son of Mr Blomgren, jeweller, of 219 Elizabeth-street, and the latter a…
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The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the man James Griffin, or Byrnes, alleged to have been shot by a man named William Rice, in a house in Phelps street, Surry Hills, on the 28th ultimo, was held by the…
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Mr. Shiell held an inquiry yesterday, at the While Hart Hotel, George-street, into the death of a man unknown, who was found on Thursday morning floating on the water in the vicinity of…
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The girl Jane Core, who was severely burned in Blayney on Monday last, lies in the Carcoar Hospital in a critical state. Faint hopes are entertained of her recovery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Accident to the S.S. Konoowarra. Melbourne, Feb. 29
The Steam Navigation Board held an inquiry to-day into the recent grounding off Cliffy Island of the s.s. Konoowarra, on her voyage from Sydney to Melbourne. Mr. Croker appeared for the owners, Messrs…
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BRAIDWOOD, Friday. -- Last evening Thomas Laurie, of Berlang, Major's Creek, aged 66 years, accompanied by his two sons, was returning home on horseback from the funeral of Richard Knaggs…
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A child named Mary Ellen Fuller, aged 10 years, residing with her parents at 71, Biley-street, Woolloomooloo, met with a very serious accident yesterday afternoon. She appears to have been…
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A NOVEL and at the same time valuable examination will be held in the School of Arte, next Wednesday night. For some time past a sevies of lectures on the treatment of wounded persons, has been delivered…
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A RAILWAY accident occurred on Friday night near Gladstons. A special train with trucks of wheat drawn by a Yankee engine was coming down Peasant Bridge when the axle of the fore…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Fatal Coach Accident. [By Tlegraph. From Our Correspondent.] Queanberyan
ON the day after the coach accident Drs. Eichardson and Llewellyn performed a critical operation npon the lad Dawson. He bore the operation with fortitude, and without the aid of…
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MR. J. Whittaker, who keeps a wheelwright's shop next the Commercial Bank, Blayney, heard a girl screaming at the back of his premises this morning. He ran to the spot, and saw a servant…
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In connection with the alleged racing in Hobson's Bay between the steamships Adelaide and Wairarapa, an inquiry has been held at Port Chalmers by the collector of customs. Mr. T. Hickworth. and Captain Romson. nautical…
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