Shocking Railway Fatality. LITHGOW
A man named George Hughes was killed at Eskbank by the mail train last night. When he was picked up it was found that his head was severed from the body…
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Coroner's Inquest. Drowned at Summer Hill
The City Coroner commenced an [?]quest on Saturday morning at the South Sydney Morgue as to the death of the unfortunate little girl, Beatrice M'Cure, who was found drowned in a waterhole at…
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JULY 10.—Thomas Fagan, 21, cabdriver, residing at Fagan's Hotel, Abercrombie-street, was driving his cab round the corner of Abercrombie and George streets, and while crossing the tramline was run into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peculiar Accident. Two Blacksmiths Burned
To-day a man named Michael Ryan, aged 55 years, residing at 212, Kent-street, was taken to the Sydney Hospital, in company with Alfred Jones. Both were suffering from severe burns on the face, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alarming Accident to an Irish Channel Steamer
During a dense fog, at night, the express steamer Banshee, belonging to the London and North-western Railway Company, struck with great violence on the rocks near the entrance to Holyhead harbour. The vessel, which was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mount Victoria
A terrible occurrence took place at Eskbank this morning, when a man named George Hughes, who was visiting the town, was run over by the mail train as it was leaving for Sydney. The unfortunate fellow's head was sevored from…
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A collision took place on Saturday night between the steamer Ocean and the barque Earl-shall, in consequence of the steering gear of the former having got out of order as she was coming…
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Early this morning a man named George Hilston found the dead body of a man floating in Prospect Creek, in Downey's farm, Smithfield. He at once gave the alarm to the police, who…
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At the inquest yesterday on the body of Geo. Hughes, the jury brought in a verdict that the deceased was killed by the up-mail train on the morning of the 11th instant, but there was no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Fatality on the Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lithgow
The District Coroner held on inquest to-day at the Court-house Hotel, on the body of George Hughes, who was run over by the mail train on the morning of Saturday last. Many witnesses were examined, including the…
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A serious accident occurred on Saturday afternoon near Mount Druitt to a party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Russell, and Miss Prescott, of St. Mary's, who were out for a drive…
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A fatal accident, which should serve as a warning to persons who indulge in the dangerous habit of jumping on and off the different ferry steamers while they are in motion, happened at North Shore at…
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About midnight on Monday a man named Charlie Burchell was drowned at Milson's Point. He was an employes of the North Shore Ferry Company, attached to the steamer Wallaby…
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PARRAMATTA, Tuesday.--An inquest was held at Prospect yesterday before the district coroner, Mr J. Bowden, on the body of a man named Thos. Mills, who was found Yesterday morning in the…
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A young man, named Patrick Clifford was riding on the outside of a train from Oxley, on Monday, when he slipped off by some means, and rolled down a 6ft embankment. The accident was…
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A telegram was received in town from Wollongong yesterday morning to the effect that the steamer Hunter, belonging to the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company, had broken down, and that the same company's steamer Kameruka had gone to her…
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A young man named Ruke, the son of a Fordingbridge doctor, died from injuries received while riding a bicycle through Bournemouth the previous night. It appeared that the deceased was riding down the Commercial-road a…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Two seamen belonging to the steamer Phoebe left the wharf in a boat for the purpose of boarding their vessel, After proceeding a short distance, one of the pair, who…
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GUNDAGAI, Wednesday. -- An inquest was held this evening into the cause of the death of a woman named Mrs Joseph Brooks, at the Bridge Hotel, South Gandagai, who, it was reported, died from…
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Two accidents, neither of which ended seriously, happened at Milson's Point, North Shore, on Wednesday evening. At about 5 p.m. a young man, whose same did not transpire, missed his footing…
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