A Supposed Somnambulist Injured
BATHURST, Monday.--A man named Fleming, living at Farley's Hotel, Howick and William streets, met with a most extraordinary accident. He was sleeping in a loft of the outbuildings…
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Found Drowned in Newcastle Harbor
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Shortly after 5 o'clock a man who had been fishing at the stern of the steamer Namoi all day pulled up his line, the hook of which be found had caught…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A fatal accident happened at Hergott to-day. David Boland, a guard, fell from a loaded truck when in the act of letting down the brake to steady a train…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--Telegrams to-day from Gladstone apprised the Postmaster-General of the drowning of a mailman and his horses in the Boyne River. Yesterday, a wire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail Way Accident on the Western Line. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bathurst
Owing to an accident on the line five miles the other side of Tarana, the day passenger train from Sydney arrived here two hours and a half late. It appears that the axles of a car of a goods train broke, with the result that two or…
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It has just leaked out that a narrow escape from a terrible catastrophe occurred on the morning of March 7, near the Flinders-street station, Melbourne, The express train due from Brighton was late. The…
Continued on Trove, page 666 →Accident to the R.m.s. Rome. (Reuter's Telegram.) London, March 26
The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Rome, outward bound for Australia, grounded at Port Said on Wednesday, during a heavy gale, and sustained some injury to her…
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BATHURST, Saturday.--A fatal accident occurred at the new gaol works yesterday afternoon, when a blacksmith named William M'Kie lost his life. He was laying plates in the…
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An inquest was held by the City Coroner on Saturday afternoon at the Dunbar Hotel, Paddington, relative to the death an elderly woman named Knight who was found dead on…
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LONDON, Saturday.--The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Rome, outward bound for Australia, grounded at Port Said on Wednesday during a…
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ALBURY, Monday.--What is supposed to be a case of drowning has been reported to the phlice. A man named Houlaghan, living near the river, missed a boat moored near his…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.--At the inquest held this morning by Coroner Martin upon the body of Percy Harris, 14 years of age, who was found drowned of the Steamers' Wharf on Saturday…
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BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.--Last night Mrs. H. P. Wilson, of Charleyong, returning home from Braidwood with her little boy in a buggy, was driving a young horse and when near Durran…
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NEWCASTLE. Friday.--An inquest was held today on the body of W. Goodsir, which was found on the Long Bench this morning, and resulted in a verdict of found drowned…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The barque Southern Belie, now on the Stockton patent slip for repairs, came in collision with an immense whale off the Solander on her voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident Near Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Goulburn
A most distressing fatality occurred to-day at Wollogorang, the residence of Mr. J. W. Chisholm, by which Mr. John Chisholm met with his death. Mr. Chisholm left home on horseback alone, and in 20 minutes afterwards his…
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NEWCASTLE. Sunday.--A fatal accident happened this morning on the Long Beach to a man in the employ of Mr. M'Michael, butcher, of Newcastle, named Williams. Whilst riding…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The body of the cook of the ketch Dolly Walmsley was recovered this morning by Mr. Alf Edwards, of the steamer Nellie. Several days ago the cook was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coroner's Inquests. Fatal Accident to a Cabman
The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest on Saturday, at the Boundary Hotel, corner of Boundary and Wyndham streets. Alexandria, touching the death of a man named William Walker, who suddenly fell from his…
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The City Coroner held an inquest on Saturday morning at the Boundary Hotel, corner of Boundary aud Wyndham streets, Alexandria, relative to the death of William Walker, a…
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