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Several "wash aways" have occurred. The line is in a dangerous state. The train which left here on Sunday morning with a gang of fettlers under Mr. Duffy, inspector of the permanent way, went off the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An unfortunate accident happened on Saturday last to the eight-years-old son of Mr. E. Parker, butcher, Temora. The little fellow, who is very fond of horses, and can ride a little, put his hand on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some anxiety has been felt to-day regarding the safety of the steamship Gambier, bound from Adelaids to Melbourne. It transpired that the vessel had broken her shaft when six miles E.N.E. of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--An accident occurred at the New Era mine, Castlemaine, to-day, owing to a rope breaking, when the cage, occupied by a young miner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUIRINDI, Monday.--A number of fettlers were working at a culvert about three quarters of a mile this side of Werris Creek which had been damaged by a storm, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The inquest on the body of Jane Meppom was resumed to-day, before Mr. J. E. Bowden. John Saunders, jun., grandson, and Emily Saunders, daughter-in-law of John Saunders, sen., were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fatal accidont befell Lord Guilford, Master of the Cattistock Hounds, while hunting in the Vale of Buckland, near Dorchester. His lordship was taking a flying leap, when his horse turned a complete somersault,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A young man named Julius Isaac Berendt, who was in the employment of Mr. S. Phillips, watchmaker, was drowned this afternoon in the Macquarie River, near Dubbo. It appears that Berendt rode into the river, and the horse…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A shocking and fatal accident occurred shortly after 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening, in Adamstown, when a boy named Marchant, 3 years old, met his death. The little fellow was standing under a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sad case of drowning occurred on Tuesday. A little boy, nine years of the age, son of Mr. N. Idstein, storekeeper, after returning from school, went to the river Namoi to fish. As he did not return to tea, his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A fatal drowning case was reported to the police this evening from Pimpamn. Two children, sons of Carl Teaga, were playing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after ten o'clock on Wednesday a German named Heinrich Wilhelm Leonard Bellert, fireman on board the German steamship Amalfi, lying at the Grafton Wharf, met with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sad case of drowning occurred on Wednesday afternoon, the victim being a young man named Julius Berendt, in the employ of Messrs. Phillips and Co., watchmakers, Dubbo. It being the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday a man, whose name is at present unknown, fell, from Messrs. Goodlet and Smith's wharf, at the foot of Harris-street, Pyrmont, into the water. He sank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A man named Peter Johnson was on Thursday afternoon drowned in the harbor in a strange manner. At about a quarter-past 3 o'clock he was standing on some cedar loss at Messrs. Goodlet and Smith's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DUBBO, Thursday.--A sad case of drowning occurred yesterday afternoon, the victim being a young man named Julius Berendt, who for the past 12 months has been in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Assembly Hotel, to-day, Mr. Shiell conducted an inquiry into the death of a man named Heinrich Wilhelm Bellert, who was drowned in the harbor on Wednesday night. David Donaldson, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrible accident, which had a fatal result, happened here on Thursday to a fine young man named Henry Paton, who was in the employment of Messrs. J. and J. Loneragan. His duties were driving a delivery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about 6 o'clock on Thursday evening, a girl named Puller, 8 years of age, was run over by a train on the Government railway line, near Islington. The unfortunate child was returning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A little girl named Jessie Robertson was drowned in a waterhole on Wednesday afternoon in two feet of water, about 30 yards from her parents' residence. Dr. Kennedy was called in, but all efforts to restore…
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