Fatality to a Miner. NEWCASTLE
A fatal accident happened on Friday last to a miner named James Bullerwell, who was working at the Glebe. A large block of coal' fell upon him and crushed him so severely that, in spite of…
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Drowned in the Loddon. MELBOURNE
A man named James Matthewson, has been drowned in the River Loddon, a mile south of Kerang. The deceased, who was in the employment of E. M'Shale, butcher, was driving a beast…
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A groom named John Boorke, residing at No. 111, Crown-street, was unharnessing a horse from a cab on Tuesday evening, when the animal took fright, and bolted up the yard. Bourke, in attempting to stop…
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While returning from the sports held on the show ground yesterday, Mr. W. W. Richardson, of Grawlin, was thrown from his buggy, and sustained a severe fracture of one of his legs…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A fatal accident occurred to-day on the site of the proposed Working. men's College in Latrobe-street. Several men were employed excavating the ground for…
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A sad occurrence is reported from Shirley, near Christchurch, N.Z. A man named Briggs and hig wife left their house in the morning with no one to look after three children, the oldest being only four…
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A little boy who gave his name as Logan, was admitted into the Sydney hospital to-day, suffering from a severe scalp wound and concussion. The child fell down some steep steps in a lane off Kent-street, and…
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Mr Shiell, the City Coroner, held so inquest at the P[?]rce Alfred Hospital yesterday on the body of child two years old, named Abel Water, son of Albert Sister, of Church-street, Leichhardt…
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Mr. B. F. Woodruff, inspector of nuisances for the Borough of St. Leonards, had a narrow escape from being drowned at the Circular Quay, on Thursday afternoon. He was a passenger to Sydney in one of…
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Shortly before 6 o'clock on Thursday evening a collision, which might have been attended with serious consequences, occurred in the vicinity of Darling-street Wharf, Balmain, between the…
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On Wednesday last, Mr. A. J. Ivimey, of the TELEGRAPH staff, was driving his mother home from Albion, where they had been visiting, near the Albion Hotel, the…
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The Marine Board began an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances which attended the collision last week between the steamer Namoi and the brig Grace Lynn, by which the latter was…
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Shortly after the R.M.S. Austral came alongside the quay to-day, an elderly lady passenger met with an accident which nearly deprived her of sight. She was standing alongside the hatch when the chain…
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Shortly after 8 p.m. on Thursday as the train was coming from Hurstville at the Burren-street platform a man with one leg named J. Doble, was crossing the line at the level crossing when he was…
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Last week has been prolific in fatal and serious accidents. Not a day has passed without one or the other happening. Yesterday a man named Kirby, a foreman in the railway workshops, had…
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The inquest on the body of the infant of Margaret Simmons who is charged with concealment of birth resulted in a verdict of accidental death Simmens slept with a fellow servant who says…
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Mr. R. F. Woodruff, inspector of nuisances for the Borough of St. Leonards, had a narrow escape from being drowned at the Circular Quay, on Thursday afternoon. He was a passenger to Sydney in one of…
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On Wednesday last, Mr. A. J. Ivimey, of the TELEGRAPH staff, was driving his mother home from Albion, where they had been visiting. When they were near the Albion Hotel, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Namo[?] and Grace Ly[?]n Collision. NEWCASTLE
The Marine Board began an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances which attended the collision last week between the steamer Namoi and the brier Grace Lynn, by which the latter was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidental Death. MELBOURNE
The inquest on the body of the infant of Margaret Simmons, who is charged with concealment of birth, resulted in a verdict of accidental death. Simmons slept with a fellow servant, who says…
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