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The members of the Marine Board held a special sittings today, to inquire into the circumstances attending the collision between, the steamers Namoi and Newcastle, at 2 a.m. on February 12, off Terrigal. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--In pursuance of the Attorney-General's minute upon the recent drowning of the girl Marion Williamson, warrants have been issued by the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A singular accident occurred in Granville en Wednesday while the men were laying the pipes for the gas supply of the borough. It seems that in order to thoroughly test the joints the gas was not turned off,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The efforts to reach the fire in the Lithgow Colliery Company's pit have proved unavailing. The idea has now been abandoned, and the alternative of closing up the ventilation of the mine is being resorted to. Messrs. Mackenzie,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--Not a day apparently passeth by but that some fatal accident is recorded in the papers. Being comparatively a stranger in Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--David Kipman, a lad 11 years of age, was struck by a cricket ball in Queens Park between 6 and 7 this evening, and knocked down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Brisbane telegrams yesterday stated that Simpson, the chief officer, and Swanson, the boatswain of the City of Melbourne, had been arrested at Cooktown in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marine Board yesterday afternoon held an inquiry, into the circumstances attending the collision between the steamers Newcastle and Namoi at sea at early morning: on the 12th…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—I beg to draw your attention to the smallness of the gangway, staircase, and door for ingress or egress to the steerage cabins in the steamers Namoi and Maitland, trading to Newcastle. If the collision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Truganini, which went in search of any farther survivors from the lugger Arthur, which recently capsized with a number of persons on board, returned to Cooktown on Wednesday night, having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquiry was held yesterday morning by the Marine Board into the circumstances connected with the collision which occurred between the coasting steamers Newcastle and Namoi, on the morning of the 12th instant, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last night a fatal accident occurred on board the Chilian barque, Maxima, loading for Valipariaso, at No.1 crane. Theo ship's carpenter fell down the hold, a depth of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A rather painful accident happened in George-street, at about 6 p.m., on Wednesday. It appears that a young lady, residing at Forest Lodge, was going across the pavement for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Union Steamship Company's steamer Waihora, Captain M'Geo, left Hobart for Melbourne at half-past 8 yesterday evening, with over 200 passengers, most of whom were from New Zealand. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Truganini, which went in search of any further survivors from the lugger Arthur, which recently capsized with a number of persons on board, returned to Cooktown last night, having searched the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A collision occurred early on the morning of the 12th instant between the steamships Newcastle, belonging to the Newcastle Steamship Company, and the Namoi, of the Hunter River New Steam Navigation Company's fleet, which proved of very…
Continued on Trove, page 381 →A fine boy, 11 years of age, a son of Mr. Henry Griffiths, was drowned on Thursday in a tank on the back of Yamma Run. A verdict of accidental death was returned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Considerable anxiety prevailed here this morning owing to the non-arrival of the steamers Namoi and Sydney, the former of which usually reaches Newcastle at 5 and the latter a little before 6 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A woman named Mrs. M'Clure was brought to the Sydney Hospital at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon suffering from severe burns about the neck and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The work of bricking up the air courses in the Lithgow Colliery Company's mine was completed at 7 o'clock this evening. The fire has been now left to die out for want of air to support the combustion. Opinions differ as to the…
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