Accident to the S.s. Waihora
The s.s. Waihora of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand left Hobart for Melbourne on Wednesday, 17th, at half-past 3 p.m. She had over 200 passengers, of…
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The Fatal Accident at Eveleigh
The police have ascertained that the name of the unfortunate young man who was killed on the railway line near the Eveleigh station on Thursday evening was Frank Bowen. He…
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A fatal accident occurred at Maryborough on Wednesday. W. Smith, a hairdresser, accompanied by a young man named Gordon, who was in his employment, went hare shooting near Carisbrook. Smith's…
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Mr. Alexander Cavanagh, aged 55, residing at 590, Crown-street, Surry Hills, met with a serious accident on Saturday afternoon. While he was driving in Mr. Owen Friend's buggy a collision took place…
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A serious accident occurred on Friday evening to Alderman Booth, lately Mayor of Dubbo, who resides about two miles out of town. He was proceeding borne, and when near the racecourse a young…
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On Saturday the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell) held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue, Bolmore-road, on the body of the young man Frank Bowen, who was found dead on the railway near Eveleigh on Thursday…
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The City Coroner held an inquest on Saturday morning at the South Sydney Morgue relative to the death of the young man Frank Bowen, whose body was found…
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Dobroyd Point, one of the most dangerous parts of the harbor and a locality where several melancholy fatalities have taken place, was on Sunday afternoon, there is every reason to…
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A sad boat accident, resulting in the loss of three men belonging to the Orient steamship Austral, occurred in the harbour on Sunday afternoon. The men, who were named respectively Cheatham (the boatswain's mate), Barford…
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An elderly man, of whom nothing is at present known, was drowned last evening off the Hunter River New Steam Navigation Company's Wharf, foot of Market-street. At about a…
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We have gathered the following further particulars of the fatal boat accident which is supposed to have occurred at Dobroyd Point, near the Quarantine…
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A very large number of accidents have happened during the past few days, wrote a New Zealand correspondent on February 18. At Riverton a burning tree fell on two lads who were in the bosh, completely…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A painful accident happened this morning at Flemington to a lad named Rowan, in the employment of Joe Morrison. He was engaged riding the horse All Gold a fast gallop on the sand track…
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Sir,—We notice in your telegraphic despatch from Auckland this morning, that the jury at the comner's inquest on the late chief officer of the steamship Manapouri have added a rider of censure on the shippers of the nitrio…
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The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, held an inquiry in the Soudan Hotel to-day into the circumstances attending the death of a man (name unknown) who was drowned off the Hunter River Steam Navigation…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The supposed drowning of two lads was reported to-day to the police. Yesterday morning Frank and Percy Woodward, 11 and 8 years respectively, sons…
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Last evening another case of drowning was reported to the Water Police as having occurred at the Circular Quay. This makes a total of six deaths in four…
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The body of the unfortunate men John Norby, who fell from the deck of the Mount Kembla on Saturday night, has been recovered. The man, while leaning over the side of the vessel, fell into the…
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Between 8 and 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening, a man fell into the harbor on the eastern side of the Circular Quay. A young man named Ferdinand Vibrice, who saw the man fall, at once rushed to his…
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Two boys, the sons of Mr. A. C. Woodward, chief clerk in the Immigration Office, went for a sail on the river in a dingey on Monday. The boat has since been found on the river hank, but the boys have not…
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