Found Drowned
WAGGA WAGGA, Monday.--An inquest was held at Steiner's house, Pomingalarna, to-day, by Mr. L. A. Fosbery, the district coroner, on the body of Samuel Taylor, found drowned in…
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The Daphne Eagle Collision
Edward Dunn, master of the Daphne, pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing s collision with the Eagle on the night of January 1, by overhauling and crossing her bows, contrary to…
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On Sunday morning a passenger train—consisting of five American carriages and one ordinary guard's van— left Ashfield, passing the signal-box about 5 a.m. On reaching Petersham, finding the signal against him,…
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FORBES, Monday.--This morning the District Coroner, Mr. Wm. Brooke, held an inquest on the body of a boy named Charles Whitmill, who was drowned in tho Lachlan River on…
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KIAMA, Monday.--Dr. Terry, while riding out to visit a patient at Jerrara Vale this morning, had his left leg fractured below the knee, through his horse slipping. The doctor…
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A rather serious railway accident occurred near Petersham on the Parramatta line shortly after 5 o'clock on Sunday morning, by which several carriages of a passenger train were…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--A sad accident occurred on the Southern and Western Railway to-day. The down train from Toowoomba to Brisbane overran a man named M'Dermott,…
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Sir,—With the view of preventing the occurrence of tram accidents, the guards should be instructed to prevent the news vendors from hanging on to the footboards while in the pursuit of their callings…
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The death of Arthur Nixon, a cutter in the employ of Messrs. Farmer and Co., who was drowned on Saturday night near the Iron Cove Bridge, was made the…
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An inquest was held by the City Coroner yesterday, at the Soudan Hotel, Lower George-street, on the body of Arthur Nixon, who was drowned on Saturday last in the Parramatta River. The following evidence was adduced:—…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--During the heavy storm yesterday afternoon Arthur Rutledge, an apprentice on board the barque Glaresla, whilst engaged chipping ironwork on that vessel's…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A fatal accident occurred at Hamilton last night. A little boy, seven years of age, named Mosgrove, who Was dabbling in a creek in the township, lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality in the Goulburn Railway Yards. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Goulburn
A man named Keys, who was employed to look after the locking apparatus, was killed in the railway yards this morning. He was observed standing near the metals. The driver of a train which was coming along gave the usual warning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Buggy Accident Near Braidwood. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Braidwood
This morning, at about 10 o'clock, Mr. W. Sebbens was proceeding to Nelligen in a buggy and pair, and whilst descending the Sugar Loaf Mountain at Tubs, where it is very steep, the brake gave way. The horses bolted, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Mining Accident Near Mudgee. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mudgee
At the Meroo on Monday a miner named Antonio Giovanni Grasso, a native of Genoa, about 66 years of age, was surface-prospecting near a slab of slate. His mate was away washing the prospect, and on returniug he found…
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GOULBURN, Wednesday.--This morning, shortly after 11 o'clock, a man named George Keys. 24 years of age, killed at the Goulburn Railway Station. Deceased was attending…
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MUDGEE, Wednesday.--An [?] miner named Antonio Giovanni Grasso, aged about 56 years, met with a fatal accident at Meroo, near Mudgee, on Monday whilst prospecting…
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HILLSTON, Friday.--After school hours on Wednesday, a number of the pupils of the Public School went to the river to bathe. A boy named Allie O'Reilly commenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Serious Railway Collision near Petersham
On Sunday morning a passenger train—consisting of five American carriages and one ordinary guard's van—left Ashfield, passing the signal-box about 5 a.m. On reaching Petersham, finding the signal against him…
Continued on Trove, page 181 →Fatality in the Goulburn Railway Yards. Goulburn
A man named Keys, who was employed to look after the locking apparatus, was killed in the railway yards this morning. He was observed standing near the metals. The driver of a train which was coming' along gave the usual warning…
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