Drowned at the Circular Quay
Between 8 and 9 o'clock last night a young man, named Ferdmon Vi Benei, observed an unfortunate man fall into the water on the east side of Circular Quay. Information was…
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The Glenfruin-camorta Collision. (By Telegraph.)
COOKTOWN, Monday.--News by the R.M.S. Dacca states that the case Gow and Co. v. Camorta was a claim for 1,500,000dol., arising out of the collision between the ships…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality to a Child. Fall From a Balcony
A little fellow named Frederick M'Carthy, 4 years of age, met with a terrible accident on Tuesday evening. He was playing on the balcony at the residence of his mother, a widow, at 209½,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Fatality. Two Men Suffocated in a Wine Vat. Melbourne
A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, at a vineyard at Great Western, sear Stawell. Three men named Trouvette, Cobie, and Thompson which had, during the previous year, been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Gun Accident. Grafton, This Day
A melancholy and fatal accident occurred at Copmanhurst yesterday, by which a young man named Finlay Michael met his death owing to the accidental discharge of…
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A drayman named Daniel Smith was this morning admitted to the Sydney Hospital suffering from bruising and shock. While he was driving his dray along Pitt-street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident in Orange. ORANGE
An accident which is likely to result fatally occurred to a man named Thomas Trepry, bricklayer, who was working at Mr. Edwin Lane's new residence, Eastern Extension. Trepry somehow lost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident to a Jockey
GUNNEDAH, Tuesday.—A sad accident, which has had a fatal result, happened on Monday morning to Herbert Bridges, 18 years of age. He and two other jockeys were giving their horses a trial. Bridges was riding Bargon,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News from the East. Hostile Attack by Acheenese. Accident to Signor Chiarini. Brisbane
The following news has been received in the steamship Decca, which arrived at Cooktown on Monday:— Late advices from Acheen show that the Acheenese,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident Near Stawell. Two Men Smothered in a Wine Vat. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A fatal accident occurred this afternoon, at a vineyard, at Great Western, near Stawell. Three men named Trouvette, Cobie, and Thompson were engaged in cleaning an underground vat…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Accident to W. Giffen, the Cricketer
The South Australian Register of February 25 says:— Mr. Walter Giffen, the well-known cricketer, met with an unfortunate accident at the Brompton Gasworks. Giffen, who is an employee at the works, by some means got his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident at Stawell. Two Men Suffocated. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A very distressing accident occurred to-day at the Great Western, Stawell, resulting in the death of Nicholas Tronette, aged 26, of St. Peter's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Telegraph. Fatal Accident to a Jockey
GUNNEDAH, Tuesday.--A sad accident happened on Monday morning, at a quarterpast 6, to Herbert Bridges, 18 years of age. He and two other jockeys were giving their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident at Orange
ORANGE, Tuesday.--An accident, which is likely to result fatally, occurred to a man named Thomas Trefry, a bricklayer, who was working at Mr. Edwin Lane's new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Boys Drowned
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The body of Frank Woodward, the elder of the two lads who were drowned on Monday in the river, was recovered this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coroner's Inquests. Three Drowning Cases
Yesterday morning the City Coroner hold an inquest at the Soudan Hotel relative to the death of an unknown man who was drowned off the Hunter River New Steam Navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Injured Jockey Rowan
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A further examination of the boy Rowan, who was hurt at Flemington on Tuesday discloses the fact that his ankle and wrist were also broken…
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William James Green, residing in 16, Napier-street, Paddington, fell down the steps at his residence on Thursday, and sustained a fracture of the kneecap and a scalp wound. John Sullivan, a cook…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidentally Shot. DUBBO, Friday. March 5
On Wednesday a boy named Worthington, 14 years of age, residing with his parents in Dubbo, was out shooting in Bushy Park, when his rifle burst, shattering his left hand. He was conveyed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidentally Killed. BRAIDWOOD, Friday. March 5
News was brought to town on Thursday evening that an old Celestial named Ah How, who had for some time been working in the neighbourhood of Flanagan's Point, had been killed by a fall of earth…
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