Painful Accident at the Zoo
Yesterday a painful accident happened to a carter named John Slattery, who was employed with his horse and cart in the Zoological Gardens. The patient it appears was talking to one of the…
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Railway Accident in Victoria. MELBOURNE
An accident occurred to the engine of the Sandhurst train near Sunbury to-day. The machinery gave way, and the train was greatly delayed. No person was hurt…
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A man named Christopher Tully, aged 48 years, died at his lodgings in Castlereagh-street, Tuesday afternoon, under circumstance into which an inquiry will be held. A man named John Buchanan, a…
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Mrs. Fitzgibbons, an old woman, who resided at Tarlo, was burned to death yesterday. She was blind and bedridden. In the absence of her relatives the cottage caught fire, and the flames…
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OUR correspondent at Mount Victoria informs us of a heart rending fatality that occurred there. Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, a small bark hut which was occupied by an aged woman named…
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GOULBURN, Friday. -- An elderly woman, named Ft zgibbons, was burned to death at her residence, Tarlo, 12 miles from Goulburn, her husband being absent at the time, and her granddaughter being…
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A SERIOUS boat accident, in which there was a very narrow escape of three persons losing their lives, occourred on Saturday evening. It appears that [?]ames Richards, a waterman, was coming from the…
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Shortly after 9 o'clock on Friday evening a collision, which fortunately was unattended with any injury to life or limb, took place in the harbour between the screw steamers Amy and Golden Rose…
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About 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a sad accident occurred at the dam connected with Johnson's woolwashing establishment, Waterloo. It appears that three little boys named George…
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From Saturday's "Goulburn Herald," we extract full particulars of the following fatal accident, which was reported in our telegraphic columns on that day :--"A terrible occurrence…
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Yesterday Mr Shiell, the City Coroner, held an inquest at Maher's Club Hotel, Abercrombie-street, on the body of George Thomas Lindeman, aged eight, who was drowned while bathing in a…
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This afternoon the city coroner proceeds to Burwood to held an inquest on the body of a child named Maud Leslie Crane Richmond, aged three years, the daughter of George Richmond, of Condon-place,…
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A Vienna telegram states that on February 9 a wedding party proceeded in seven carriages from Domrad to Czigandrad (in Hungary), where they were to fetch the bride. The road lay over the River Thisa, which was frozon hard…
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William Bulbeck, in the employ of Mr. Bayliss, the stevedore, was drowned from a boat alongside the R.M.S. Ballaarat, at Circular Quay, yesterday, at noon. Deceased was in the set of pushing the boat…
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A boating accident occurred on the Tay on February 12, by which the principal officials in Pearce Brothers' shipbuilding yard, Dundee, lost their lives. Mr. George Robertson, the cashier; William Dewar, the draughtsman;…
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PARRAMATTA, Tuesday.--a departmental inquiry took place to-day, respecting the railway accident that occurred at the Parramatta railway station late on Saturday (which was so quietly…
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The !water police launch, with A diver on board, proceeded to the R.M.S. Ballaarat, this morning, for the purpose of making an attempt to recover the body of the unfortunate man, Bullock, who was…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday. -- A curious fatal accident occurred three miles from Mannum to-day, A little girl, aged three years, while in the act of opening a door, was caught by a piece of twine,…
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Yesterday afternoon, Mr Shiell, the city coroner, held an inquest at the White Hart Hotel George-street, on the body of William Bulbeck, aged 20 years, who was in the employ of Mr…
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At the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon tho coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, held an inquest on the body of Robert Boyd, a potter, 27 years of age, residing at Camperdown, who met his death by…
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