Fatality near Narrandera. NARRANDERA
On the arrival of the train from Hay on Thursday night it was reported by the guard that a man named Andrew Crabtree, who was an assistant on the train, was missing. An engine and a…
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Andrew Nelson, a young man 18 years of age, was admitted into the Sydney Hospital on Thursday, suffering from severe injuries to his ankles. He was feeding his horses in Clarence-street, when a van drove by…
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NARRANDERA, Thursday.--A man named Grab-tree, a distributor of rations &c, to settlors, was drilled on the railway line by the Hay up-train between 1 and 2 o'clock to-day, at a spot 22 miles…
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Information reached town yesterday that a man named James Begbie, residing in Mary-street, Balmain, had met with his death by drowning in Roselle Bay. He was in a punt at 11 a.m.,…
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A lamentable boat accident occurred in the harbour on Wednesday night, when three men. William Berkshire, Peter Martin, and Frederick Thompson, met with a watery grave. These three…
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An inquest was held before Mr. L. A. Fosbery, the district coroner, and a jury of five, at North Berry Jerry, touching the deaths of Mary Ans Horrock and her eldest son Frederick Horrock, who were drowned in tank of…
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A fatal accident happened on Friday to a young man named Joseph Saunders, 24 years of age. It appears that tea young man was driving a dray along the Grafton Wharf, when an iron bolt fell from the…
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Aubrey Russell Evans, 10 years of age, was birdnesting on the Glebe-road, when he fell from the tree and received some severe braises. William Melville, residing in George-street…
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A fearful accident is reported as having occurred on the South-Western Railway line. A railway official, named Andrew Crubtree, engaged as fettlers' supply man, between Whitten and Yanco, went to give a passenger a drink of…
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The District, Coroner, Mr. J. E. Bowden, held an inquest at the Hospital on Wednesday afternoon touching the death of a man named . Alfred Webster. The evidence showed that on…
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Mr. Hugh Taylor, M. L. A., met with a severe accident to-day. He was looking at a horse in his yard and patted him to make him stand over, when the animal suddenly sprang round and kicked…
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A boat accident, through which three men, William Berkshire, Peter Martin, and Frederick Thompson, met with a watery grave, occurred on Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, off Ball's Head, and opposite Goat…
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A sad accident occurred on a train between Invercargill and Dunedin on the last day of the old year. The guard, a young married man, after having inspected the passengers, proceeded to gain the rear of…
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An inquest was held on Friday in Bridgman on the body of James Dewnes, 13 years of age, the was killed through having fallen off a load of wheat. The wheels of the dray passed over his…
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On Saturday the acting coroner held an inquest in the Agricultural Hall on the body of Herbert Sounders, a carter, who died in the Sydney Hospital on Friday last. On Friday morning' deceased was…
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The inquest on the body of William Page was concluded on Saturday, before the district coroner (Mr. L. A. Fosbery). The evidence of a railway employe named Wilier showed that the deceased…
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LONDON, January 18.—The Dublin and Holyhead packet sank after having collided with another vessel in the Irish Channel, and 22 lives were lost…
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The Dublin and Holyhead packet sank after being in collision with another vessel in the Irish. Channel, and 22 lives were lost…
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