Sad Case of Drowning
MELBOURNE, This Day.--Daniel M'Carthy, who, after 20 years' absence, visited Melbourne to see his mother, was by some means drowned in the Yarra…
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Drowned While Bathing
ANOTHER case of death while bathing was reported to the police yesterday afternoon. Two [?]en, Alfred Lawless and John Roberts, were at Darling Harbour…
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THE City Coroner held an inquest at the South Sydney morgue this morning into the cause of the death of Charles Henn, 24 years of age, a boot finisher, residing at…
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PENRITH, Sunday.--A young man named John Henry Wrighton was accidentally drowned in the Nepean this afternoon. A number of persons were at the time on the wharf…
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An inquest was held at the Parramatta District Hospital on Saturday, before Mr. J. E. Bowden, Parramatta Coroner, on the body of John Throwden, alias Taylor, who was killed…
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An inquest was held before the City Coroner at the South Sydney morgue, on Saturday, concerning the death of Charles Henn, who was drowned in the waters of Botany Bay on…
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A sad case of drowning occurred in the Nepean to-day. A young man named John Henry Wrighton, aged 19, who arrived by the steamer Austral about five weeks ago, and came to his friends at Penrith, went for a bathe in the river…
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An accident happened to the mail coach on its way to Uralla on Friday night, near Bundarra. The horses shied, and the coach fell over an embankment, smashing the vehicle and injuring the driver, Parkinson, and Mr…
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In connection with the case of the miner Edward M'Carran, who died from the effects of an accident [?] the West Wallsend pit, it appears that Mr. N. Melville, M.L.A., and Mr. W. Smith, road superintendent, were…
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On Saturday morning last Mr. J. E. Bowden, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Parramatta Hospital, touching the death of John Throwden, better known as John Taylor, monumental mason, Rookwood, who was…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.-- A serious accident happened this morning at Robb's buildings. four gentlemen accompanied by a boy in charge of the hoist, entered…
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A COUPLE of ensualty victims wee treated at the General Hospital to-day. One was a lad named Albet Evans, of Petersham, who was taken to the institution during…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--A tram collided with a water cart at the intersection of Swanston and Collins-streets. James Woods, the driver of the water cart, was…
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CASINO, This Day. — A very painful accident occurred here on Wednesday morning, A man named John M'Dougall, formerly a resident of Orange, and in the…
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IN connection with the above melancholy event we are, unfortunately, unable to furnish any additional particulars as to the recovery of other bodies. Deeming…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Owing to a breakage of the wire rope and the failure of the safety grippers to work, the passengers in a lift in Robb's Buildings, at the corner of Collins and…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A girl named Harrison, while bathing in the Corporation Baths on Saturday afternoon, got out of her depth and would have inevitably been drowned but for the…
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THE City Coroner held an inquest to-day on the body of a man named James Burdock, about 73 years of age, who was found yesterday morning flouting dead in…
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The City Coroner (Mr. Sheiell, J.P.) held an inquest yesterday at the Soudan Hotel, George-street, on the body of a man named Alfred Lawless. From the evidenec it appeared that at about 3 p.m. on Sunda the deceased, who was…
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