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WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—Thomas Clifford, the sculler, who had his spine injured by [?] fall down stairs at his quarters on the Parramatta River, is suffering so much from pain that he is just able to get about. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two men named Jas. Frost and Wm. Proffitt were engaged drilling holes for blasting, and on the day previous to the accident had drilled two holes and loaded them. An explosion took place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EARLY during the week a valuable retrievar dog, the property of a gentleman residing on the Woodville Road, was run over by a train at the Granville railway station. The sight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A child was drowned here on Friday evening Mr. Mathewson, farrier, left off work to water a [?]plot in front of his cottage. He brought [?]ful of water from Tattersall's well…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A young man named George Callender yesterday met with a serious accident at the Wallsend Pit. He was using powder at the time, when it by some means communicated with the light in his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At about half-past 12 o'clock this morning Senior-constable Forbes conveyed to the Sydney Hospital a man, named William Irwin, about 50 years of age. He was unconscious, and appeared to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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 severed from…
Continued on Trove, page 134 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.--A miner named George Callender was severely burned at the Wallsend Colliery last Thursday through the careless use of powder while blasting. His face was much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some few weeks back Clifford, the well-known sculler, slipped down a fight of stabs at his training quarters on the Parramatta River, and injured his spine so much that he deemed it desirable to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about half past 10 o'clock on Thursday night, as the steamer Truganini was entering Hervey's Bay, a passenger named Thomas Spillard either fell or jumped overboard. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the thick fog which prevailed on Saturday morning a slight collision occurred between the river steamers Favorite and Nixie, coming up the river. The Nixie had her stern slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alfred Utber, 26 years of age, son of the proprietor of the sawmills, Hawthorn, was engaged putting a belt on a grindstone this morning, when he was caught in the machinery, and at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At about half-past 12 a.m. on Saturday Senior constable Forbes conveyed to the Sydney Hospital a man, named William Irwin, about 50 years of age. He was unconscious, and appeared to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WOLLONGONG, Monday.—I have seen Clifford and interviewed him. What I wrote is correct. He believes that his spine is permanently injured. His medical advisers in Sydney and here say that he may recover, but that it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A man named Alfred Utber, aged 24, son of the proprietor of the sawmills at Hawthorn, while working at ah engine yesterday, was caught in the machinery and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A little boy named Parkes, 18 months old, was found drowned in a tank in Wallsend on Monday' night. There are great complaints about the danger of many of these unprotected waterholes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Robert Blair met with an accident on Monday while he was blasting coal at Minmi, from the effects of which his leg was broken. He was at once attended by Dr. Ody, who set the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal accident occurred on Saturday afternoon to a young man named Alfred Dewson, who, in company with another young man named Richard Muir, went out for a row in a boat. They…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GOULBURN, Monday. -- A man named William Martin, a fettler, was knocked down by a railway truck, which passed over one of his feet, almost fevering two of his toes. He was admitted to the…
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