Drowned in a Well. WALLSEND
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon od the body of Ra chel Hughes, who was drowned in a well. A verdict of accidental death was returned. It was Dr. Massey, and not Dr. Nash…
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Nemesis-Iberia Collision. Death of Mr. Capell
We are informed that Mr. Capell, of 53, Crown-street, Woolloomooloo, who was injured in the Nemesis-Iberia collision in the harbor on the day our contingent left for the Soudan, expired from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Fatality. a Woman Decapitated. Brisbane
A frightful accident happened on the railway line last evening. The 5.45 p.m. train to the racecourse got into Victoria Park, when the driver saw a woman lying on her back on the line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dynamite Explosion. Serious Accident. Gundagai
An accident happened on Monday afternoon at the railway works quarry at Muttama. It appears that a man, named George Pringle, was engaged charging a hole with powder and dynamite, when…
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James Hammond, a farmer, aged 78, slipped from the platform on to the the rails at the Redfern station on Wednesday afternoon, and suffered such severe contusions that he had to be taken to the hospital for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marine Board. Australian-port Jackson Collision
The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the collision between the steamers Australian and Part-Jackson, off Kirribilli Point, was resumed to-day before the Marine Board, under the presidency of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Nemesis-iberia Collision. Death of Another Victim
It will be remembered that on the departure of the New South Wales ircops for the Soudan a disastrous collision took place between the steamers Nemesis and Iberia, when Mrs Sessle,…
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During the passengers of the steamer Albatroes from Sydney to Brisbane Water there was one of those sad occurrences which are only too frequent in the experiences of the toilers of the sea, viz., a man lost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Namci -- Grace Lynn Collision
NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The Marine Board's decision to-day in regard to the collision between the Namoi and the Grace Lynn was as follows : --"The board consider that Captain Knowles, of…
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The Marine Board met specially yesterday morning to resume the investigation into the collision between the Port Jackson and the Australian. There were present Captain Sixson (president),…
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Early yesterday afternoon Captain Amora, manager of the Parramatta Steamship Company, received a telegram from Mr Bock Davis, builder at Gosford, stating that on the voyage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buggy Accident
On Friday night, after the arrival of the 6.30 tram at Randwick, an accident occurred to Alderman John Wilson, of Randwick. Mr. Wilson was being driven to George in his buggy, when one of the reins came…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Revolver Accident
With reference to the -unfortunate revolver accident which occurred at the residence of the Rev. J. D. Slager, Hunter's Hill, Schmelcer, the victim, was removed to the Sydney Hospital and admitted on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidentally Browned. BLACKWALL
The master of the Albatross, from Sydney to Gosford, fell overboard near Barranjoey, yesterday, and was drowned. He was walking on the side of the steamer and slipped down. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident. Gundagai
A terrible accident happened on the railway works near Coolac yesterday afternoon, by which a single man, named Philip Clancy, aged 35, lost his life. It appeared that the deceased was endeavouring to push a condemned sleeper off…
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An unfortunate accident to a young man named Ernest Sohmelcer on Thursday evening last. About half-past 8 o'clock as had sector man named Federck Philips were amusing…
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A lad named John Kills Thompson, 15 years of age, working at Saywell's Tobbacco Works, met with an accident yesterday while engaged near the machinery. By some means or other he became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death by Drowning
On Saturday morning, about 20 minutes past 7 o'clock, the attention of a man named Archibald Bell, residing at 54 Chowne-srteet, was directed to a dark object floating in the harbour, close to…
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At about 7 a.m. on Saturday a man named John Bowie. 68 years of age, was found floating in the barber near Saunders's Wharf, Pyrmont, by a boy named Archibald Bell. The body was taken from the…
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During the p[?]age of the st[?]wmer Alb[?]ess from Sydney to Brisbane Water there was one of these and occ[?]ces which [?] only too frequent in the expe[?]ces of the [?] of the [?] viz., a man lost…
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