Fatal Dray Accident
TEMORA, Tuesday.--A shocking accident happened at Mr. M'Cawley's, some nine miles from Temora. Two sons of Mr. M'Cawley were sitting on the ground behind a…
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Blasting Accident
ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--An accident occurred today near the railway line to two fettlers named Barcklay and Grace. The men were blasting at a siding at Duval, near…
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Another racing accident, similar to that which occurred in the Caulfield Cup latt October, happened (says the Melbourne Age) at Moonee Valley on Saturday afternoon. Ten horses started for the La Rose Handicap, the course at the…
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Fallowing is a copy of a telegram received by the Secretary General Post-office, Sydney, from Mogil Mogil to-day:—"The coach from Mogil Mogil to Walgett was lost yesterday while crossing the…
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The police at Manly were informed by Thomas Noble, plumber, and David Thompson, painter, both of Whistler-street, Manly, that at about 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday they were fishing on the new pier at…
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The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of the man Henry James Osmond at Camperdown on Thursday night last was concluded yesterday by the City Coroner at the…
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Shortly after 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening a collision occurred in the harbor in the vicinity of the Adelaide Wharf, Miller's Point, between the steamer City of Grafton, belonging to the…
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A serious case of drowning has occurred at Collarendabri. Whilst crossing the river, which is a half banker, three men named H. Dillon (police magistrate), James…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fatality at Camperdown. Verdict of Manslaughter
Yesterday morning the City Coroner resumed the inquest at the South Sydney Morgue into the circumstances surrounding the death of the man Henry James Osmond, who died on…
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Yesterday, the steamer Murray, bound for Port Macquarie, struck heavily on a sunken rock, about nine miles south of Manning Heads. She was towed inside…
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Two fettlers named Berkwell and Grace were brought to the hospital in the 5 o'clock train this morning, both having been injured by a blasting abradant at Duval. It appears that they were…
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The following patients have been treated in the Sydney Hospital since last evening:—Lewis Kelch, 32, laborer, residing at corner of Steven and Dowling streets, when attempting to get out of the way of…
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When the 4.6 up goods train from Penrith arrived at Parramatta at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night the break and two damp cars were missing. The engine was taken back, and the missing cars found near…
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At th[?] Assembly Hotel, Hunter-street, yesterday, Mr. W. T. Pin[?], J. P., resumed and concluded an inquiry into circumstan[?] connected with the death of Michcel Kelly, aged 28 years, who had been employed as a labourer under…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Conference of the metropolitan group of city, borough and shire councils was held to-day to discuss the question of the liability of corporations…
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The P.J.S.S. Company's steamer Mystery and the North Shore Ferry Company's steamer Millie were in collision in the harbor yesterday morning in the vicinity of Mossman's Bay. It…
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WALGETT, Thursday.--The Mogil Mogil coach, in attempting to cross the Barwon River at Collarendabri yesterday afternoon, was swept by the current into a deep hole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coach Fatality. Farther Particulars. Walgett
The following are farther particulars concerning the fatal coach accident which occurred on Wednesday afternoon, near Mogil Mogil:—Mr. Dillon, P.M., the only survivor, said that Bell, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lamentable Coach Accident. (By Telegraph.) (From Our Own Correspondent.) Walgett
The Walgett and Mogil Mogil coach, while attempting to cross the Barwon River at the Rocky Ford, near Collarendabri, was swept down the river. James Bell, the driver, and a passenger, name unknown, were drowned; also the horses…
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In the Water Police Court, on Friday, T. Davis, master of the steamer Millie, was summoned to answer to a charge of having failed to keep out of the way of a sailing boat called the Mallard. J. H. A…
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