Drowned in the Hunter River
DUNGOG, Tuesday.-- A young man named Berry, a visitor from Sydney, one of the Soudan contingent, was drowned in the river here today. The police are dragging the river, but the…
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Death by Drowning at Dungog. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Clearence Town
A young man named Berry, formerly a member of the Soudan Contingent, and who was on a visit to Mr. C. G. Smith, the police magistrate, was drowned whilst bathing in the river at Dungog to-day. It is supposed he took…
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PEAT'S FERRY, This Day.--The work of dragging for the body of the young lady, Miss Cockcroft, who was drowned in the Hawkesbury on New Year's Day through…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boating Fatality on the Hawkesbury. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Peat's Ferry
Constable Murdock and the party of men engaged in drawing for the body of Miss Cockcroft, who was drowned in the Hawkesbury on New Year's Day, returned about 6 o'clock, after having dragged the river all day without…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Gun Accident at Tumbulgum. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Murwillumbah
A little girl named Lowe was accidentally shot dead last night at Tumbulgum. It appears that a man named Truitt had been out shooting, and returning in the evening, he placed a loaded gun in a room where the girl and a boy…
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PATRICK MACGUIRE, 60, labourer, working on the railway, met with a severe accident this morning at about 11 O'clock. He got caught in the upper part of the abdomen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fatal Boating Accident on the Hawkesbury. the Search for the Body. Peat's Ferry, This Day
The body of the young lady drowned is the Hawkesbury has not yet been t[?] covered. The local constable and a party of men have been dragging the river [?]…
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News has been received that H.M.S. Hercules, 11 guns, under the command of Admiral Baird, while cruising with the Channel Squadron, grounded…
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Princess Stephanie, prominent in European society, and second daughter of Leopold II., of Belgium, and wife of Archduke Rudolf, the only son of the Emperor…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Mr. E.S. Holland. Town Clerk of Newcastle, was thrown from a horse while riding home to Waratah last night and seriously injured…
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RICHARD WHELLAN. 30, cabdriver, was attended at the Sydney Hospital this morning for crushed fingers. Thomas Davidson, 33, engine driver, was treated…
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ORANGE, Tuesday.--A fatal gun accident occurred yesterday, in Mr. Dalton's paddocks, near here. It appears that two lads named Holm and Stone were out shooting, and the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The Channel Squadron have entered Ferrol, in Spain, one of the best natural harbors in Europe, owing to H.M.S. Hercules having struck a rock…
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BRISBANE, This Day.--While Messrs. Howard Smith and Son's s.s. Leura was lying at anchor in the South Passage on Tuesday, two lads, Samuel Tranberg and…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--The body of an old resident of Dandenong, named Keighery, was found in a creek there yesterday. He accidentally fell in…
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BRISBANE, This Day.--A navvy named Ryan was drowned in the Logan whilst bathing yesterday…
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DUNGOG, This Day.--The body of the young man George Berry, who was formerly a member of the British army at the Soudan, and of late has held a position in…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Mrs. Annie Crooke, wife of Mr. J. R. Crooke, the well- known racing man, was drowned accidentally at Mordialloc while bathing…
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The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest yesterday at the Soudan Hotel, George-street North, regarding the death of a young woman, named Sarah Ann Graham, whose body was found on Monday…
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