Child Drowned
Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry, yesterday afternoon, into the circumstances attending the death of the little girl Margaret Ta[?]bot, 2 1/2 years of age, whose body was found…
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A Girl Drowned at Marrickville
Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J. P., held a magisterial inquiry, yesterday, at Marrickville, relative to the death of a child named Margaret Talbot, 2½ years of age, whose body was found in a well within the yard at the rear of her parents'…
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COROWA, Monday. -- Mr. William Batiers' little caild, 18 mouths old, was interred today. It was drowned on Saturday in a bucket of water into which it tell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to the City of Melbourne. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The cause of the detention of the steamer City of Melbourne off Wilson's Promontory appears to have been a trifling accident to her machinery. The…
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YASS, Tuesday.-- This morning, while the mail coach was coming from the railway station to Yass, an accident happened near Eager's Hotel, North Yass, when the ax[?]ietree and pole…
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WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--Yesterday afternoon as Miss Fairclough was walking in the vicinity of the railway station, she slipped from a bridge and sustained a fracture of one of her…
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It was reported to the City Coroner last evening that Mrs. Susannah Moore, of Allison-street, Randwick, was found lying dead, it was supposed, on a couch in her bedroom, yesterday morning…
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WILCANNIA, Thursday.—Two rabbiters on the Tarella run were moving camp. A loaded gun was placed on the other contents of the vehicle, with the expectation of having a shot by the way…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Gun Accident. [By Telegraog] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wilcannia
Henry Jeffrey, a rabbiter on Tarella, met with a shocking death from a gun accident. He and his mate were moving their camp in a spring-cart, and anticipating a shot he put a loaded gun on top of the cart, and while the…
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The steamship Gunga, of the A. U. S. N. Company's line returned to port early this morning, owing to the breaking of her main shaft. The Gunga only left the port at about 6 p.m. yesterday for Noumea and Fiji, with mails,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident
In reply to a communication from the Commissioner for Railways, the Departmental Board appointed to inquire into the circumstances attending the recent railway accident at Peat's Ferry has furnished a report upon the criticisms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident. the "Exploded Theory" of the Board of Inquiry. Minute by the Commissioner for Railways. the Board's Replies to Daily Telegraph Comments
On the 23rd of last month an article appeared in The Daily Telegraph on the subject of the Peat's Ferry railway accident, and on that date Mr. Goodchap, Commissioner for…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The Railway Commissioners have decided in connection with the Windsor railway accident that Station- master Gedge, Guard Lang and Driver Keats…
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Yet another name has been added to the already long list of tram victims. A serious accident occurred last evening in Oxford-street at its junction with Elizabeth-street, Paddington. It appears that…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In the Assembly to-night, the premier stated that the Commissioner of Railways had under consideration the question of adding an insurance premium to the…
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Sir--Having given considerable thought and attention to this accident, I am of opinion the rightful so union of the cause of same has not been arrived at yet by any writer in the press…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hawkesbury Railway Accident. Our Reply to the Board
We have been the innocent means of expo[?]ing the be[?]tting weakness of the Railway Board Inquiry into the cause of the Hawkesbury, railway accident. Had we been promoted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Double Fatality. a Father and Daughter Poisoned
NUNDLE, Saturday.—A coroner's inquest was begun yesterday before Mr. Johns, J.P., at Trink's Hotel, Bowling Alley Point, touching the cause of the death of William and Sarah Blake…
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MOLONG, Monday.—A most unfortunate accident happened to a son of Mr. J. T. Parslow, jun., butcher, here yesterday evening. The little fellow was oat on a visit to his grandfather, and…
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While a tram was on its way to Woollahra Saturday night, and just after leaving Bathurst-street stopping-place, about a quarter to 8 o'clock, Mr. T. J. baker, contractor, of Elizabeth-street…
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