Case of Drowning
MELBOURNE, This Day.—A sporting party left Williamstown on Saturday night in a yacht owned by Arthur Hornby, the manager of tho West End Brewery,…
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Drowned in the Yarra
MELBOURNE, This Day.—Another body, making the third within a week, was taken from the Yarra to-day…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.—The party of young men who left Williamstown on Friday, in a yacht, on a fishing excursion, included Frederick and Alfred J. Faulk,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In connection with the recent collision between a passenger and goods train on the Creswick to Daylesford railway, by which several persons were injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Bicycle Accident at Beaufort. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A serious bicycle accident occurred at the Beaufort Athletic Club's sports yesterday. Sixteen started for the one-mile bicycle race. Greenwood, of South Yarra, fell heavily, and was much cut and bruised. Watt, of…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.—At Richmond Vale yesterday a gun accident occurred to a party out shooting. A gun burst, and blew off the thumb of Richard…
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ABOUT 9 o'clock last evening a woman named Mrs. Richards, residing in Mill Hill-street, was found by some boys lying alongside the tram line, nearly opposite…
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TUMBERUMBA, This Day.—An accident of a very serious nature happened ton lad named L. Broom. Whilst riding a horse at the Laurel Hill races on Easter…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.—Thomas Griffin and Edward O'Brien, miners, were working at East Waratah in a new tunnel, when by a fall of coal O'Brien had his…
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At about 9 o'clock last night an unknown woman was discovered lying close to the tramline at Waverley by a man named George Clarke, Constable Lymiogton removed her to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Darling Harbour
A COLLISION, fortunately unattended with any serious results, occurred in, Darling Harbour last night, just off the Erskine- street Balmain Ferry Wharf, between…
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AUGUST LEO TRUAUX, aged 7, residing with his parents in Cambridge-street West, Balmain, was sent by his mother for water to a well about noon on…
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London, Tuesday.--The barque Harriet M'Gregor, 331 tons, owned by Mr. A. M'Gregor, of Hobart, which has just arrived from Hobart reports having been in…
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A laborer named Patrick Durkin, aged 48, met with a painful accident yesterday at Narrabeen. He was engaged in felling ft tree, when it suddenly gave war and pinned him…
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Newcastle, Wednesday.--Two miners employed at the new tunnel, East Waratah, named Edward O'Brien and Thomas Griffin, were seriously injured yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific and Exciting Scene at a Bull Fight. 18 Persons Killed and 150 Injured. New Orlbans
Information has been received here of a terrible catastrophe having occurred at Calay[?], Mexico, during the progress of a bull fight. When the ring was crowded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coroner's Inquests. Fatal Accident on the Railway
The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest yesterday at the Prince Alfred Hospital, concerning the death of a man named George Petrie, an ironturner, who, on Monday night last, was found injured on the railway-line near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident to the Hon. W. H. Walsh, M.l.c, [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Hon. William Henry Walsh, M.L.C., while walking into town from his residence, near Bulimba, last evening, was knocked down by a parcels delivery van and fatally injured. Medical aid was at once…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed by a Train. Fatal Accident at Summerhill
MR. SHIKLL held an inquest to-day at the Prince Alfred Hospital on the body of George Petric, aged 28 years, who died in the institution on Tuesday last from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Buggy Accident in Bent-street
At 12.15 p.m., Mr. Patrick Burke, contractor for Military-road, Boudi, was driving along Cast[?]ereagh-street, and when turning into Hunter-street a lady…
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