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The ketch Fanny Kelly, bound from Auckland to Mongonui, has been totally wrecked. Four passengers (a mother and her three children) were drowned. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On Thursday while a carter named Gerge Jarman was filling a dray at Mr. Saunders's quarry, Pyrmont, a quantity of stones fell upon him and fractured his left leg. He was taken to the Sydney Hospital, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An inquest was held by the City Coroner at the Assembly Hotel, Phillip-street, yesterday morning, touching the death of the man Heinrich Wilhelm Bellert, who died at the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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 306 →On Friday Mr. H. Shiell, the city coroner, held an inquest in the Soudan Hotel, on the remains of Peter Johnson, who was drowned on Thursday afternoon, while working at Messrs. Goodlet and Smith's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A collision occurred in the Yarra this afternoon between Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company's steamer—Nemesis and the Western Steam Navigation Company's steamer Nelson, by which…
Continued on Trove, page 299 →News reached Sydney this morning by telegram, that an accident occurred to the Melbourne express train at midnight. It appears that a very strong gale had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sad accident happened at St. Ignatius's College, Riverview, Lane Cove River, North Willoughby, on Thursday afternoon. A laborer named Michael Kelly and Frederick Arnold were working in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The usefulness of our Cottage Hospital is demonstrated daily by the number of cases admitted, and residents should take a pride in supporting it, and thus help their suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A frightful accident occurred on Tucker's Hill, near Hargraves, yesterday evening. Two men named Paton and H. Knight were driving down the hill in a van drawn by three horses when the break suddenly broke and the van…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Some anxiety has been felt to-day regarding the safety of the steamship Gambier, bound from Adelaide to Melbourne. It transpired that the vessel had broken her shaft when six miles E.N.E. of…
Continued on Trove, page 299 →The line is in a very dangerous state after the recent heavy rains. Several wash-aways have occurred. The train that left hero this morning with a gang of fettlers and Mr Duffy, inspector of the permanent way, went off the…
Continued on Trove, page 306 →A fatal accident 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 280 →Mr. W. T. Pinhey, the deputy-coroner, held an inquiry at St. Ignatius's College, Riverview, on Saturday afternoon, touching the death of a laborer named Michael Kelly, who was killed on Thursday by a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following evidence was taken after our first edition went to press on Saturday:—Mrs. Martha Jones continued: While they were on the ground, Mrs. Osmond said "Hit him, Bill." The boy said "Mother! Ward! Let father get up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A sad case of drowning took place yesterday at 325 Elizabeth-street. A Mrs. Jones, the occupant of the house, left her little child, Samuel Joseph Jones, aged one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was initiated on Saturday morning by the City Coroner, at the South Sydney Morgue, upon the body of a man named Henry James Osmond, who died at an early hour on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At 4 o'clock this morning the residents of the city of Ballarat were startled by a terrific explosion and concussion as if an earthquake had occurred. To add to the terror the firebells rang out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Moonee Valley races were held on Saturday. In one of the races, the La Rose Handicap, there was a mishap. Ten horses came out. As they went round the turn from the lime yard to the back stretch, Childe Harold suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A peculiar mishap occurred shortly after midnight on Friday to the Sydney express train at Culcairn. A gale was blowing, and four empty trucks, which were standing in a siding at that place, although…
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