Mysterious Case of Drowning. (By Telegraph.)
WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.-- Mr. A. Vindin, the coroner for Maitland held an inquest on Tuesday on the body of a young girl named Jane M'Blane whose death seems to be…
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Death by Drowning in the Bogan River. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Parkes
On Tuesday afternoon a man named John Fraser was drowned at Genanagie, on the Bogan River. The body was recovered with a drag by the Parkes police. A magisterial inquiry was held before Mr. A. S. Balcombe, J.P.,…
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HILL END, Friday.--A melancholy accident occurred here morning, when two miners named Clothier and Williams were buried by the earth falling on them while working near…
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An inquest was commenced by the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., at the Soudan Hotel, Lower George-street, on Saturday, touching the death of a woman named Mrs. Sandon, who, on Monday afternoon last, was found on the…
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A shocking railway accident occurred on Friday night at the Auburn Railway Station the victim being a well-known resident and business man of Parramatta Mr. Albert Thomas…
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BOURKE, Monday.--On Saturday evening while the steamer Maud was proceeding from Bourke to Brewarrina and while about 15 miles up stream, the captain, named Henry Their a…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A man named Louis Beanmer, employed on one of the Government silt punts, whilst steering the latter out to sea this afternoon fed overboard and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident Near Bourke. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bourke
The steamer Maud started up the river for Brewarrina last Friday evening, and when about 15 miles up Captain Henry Theisz came out of his cabin and went on to the bridge, probably to take the wheel, but lost his footing and…
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Sir,—Five years ago a petition numerously signed by the owners of property at Auburn for an overhead bridge adjacent to the railway station was received by Mr. Secretary Lackey, but nothing was done…
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LATE on Friday evening last news of a shocking nature was brought to Parramatta by the 10.25 train, of a sad and terrible railway accident at Auburn to a well known resident and…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A collision between two trams loaded with cattle took place this morning at Kilmore railway station owing to the driver of one train not seeing the danger…
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The inquest touching the somewhat peculiar death of Mrs. Sandon, whose remains were found floating near the beach at Gore's Creek, Lane Cove, on Thursday last, was resumed by the City…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The steamer Lawrence, from Belfast to Melbourne, put into Warrnambool to-day, having sprung a leak. An examination showed one of the plates…
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An inquest was held by the City Coroner yesterday morning at the Soudan Hotel, the subject of which was the death of Neil Ericsen, a Norwegian, 32 years of age, who was…
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At the Soudan Hotel, George-street North, yesterday, the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest upon the body of Neils Erickson, who was drowned at Balmain on Monday evening…
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NELSON BAY, Friday.--The mate of ketch Agnes Rose, now lying in Kelson Bay, reports that while the vessel was on her passage here from Sydney at half-past 10 last night, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Drowned in the Bogan. "Thought can wing its way swifter than lightning flashed." —PERCIVAL
The body of the man, John Fraser, who was drowned in the Bogan River at Coradgery, was recovered on April 13 by the Parkes police, and a magisterial inquiry was held upon it on the…
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The steamer Maud started up the river for Brewarrina last Friday evening, and when about 15 miles up Captain Henry Theisz came out of his cabin and went on to the bridge, probably to take the wheel, but lost his footing and…
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An inquest was hold by the City coroner yesterday morning at the Prince Alfred Hospital touching the death of Alfred Henry Wells, a boy of 6 years of age, who died in that…
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An inquest was held at Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday, by the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., upon the body of a boy named Alfred Henry Wells, 6 years of age, who died in the institution on Wednesday…
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