Found Drowned in Cook's River
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 April 1888 · page 4
An inquest was held by the Citj Coroner on Saturday, at the South Sydney Morgue, regarding the death of a man named William James Dockerill, whose body was found floating in Cook's River earlier in the day. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country. a "Rum" Explosion. Three Mon Injured
The Australian Star · Monday 9 April 1888 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, This Day.--A most peculiar accident is reported from Teralba, a smalt township on the southern border of Lake Macquarie, whereby three men have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boating Fatality in Port Phillip. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 April 1888 · page 8
On Saturday morning the yacht "Cutty Sark," which sunk off Point Cook, was raised, but no bodies were found. The large mainsail and second jib were fully set, the halyards being made fast. It was found…
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The Australian Star · Monday 9 April 1888 · page 8
MELBOURNE, This Day.--A severe accident occurred to Ross M'Artney, manager of Alcock's billiard table factory. Yesterday afternoon he was on the second…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Fatal Gun Accident. Warning to Sportsmen. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 April 1888 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- A young man named Thos Hunter Shellard, aged 21, son of the keeper of the Town-hall, South, Melbourne, was accidentally shot by a companion named Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident at Parramatta
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 April 1888 · page 3
The Parramatta coroner, Mr. J. G. Bowden, held an inquest on Saturday last at Parramatta, on the body of a child named Selwyn Norman Upton, aged 3½ years, son of Mr. John William…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 April 1888 · page 6
A young man named Frederick Gilbert, aged 27, was admitted into the Parramatta Hospital on Friday evening, suffering from the effects of a blasting accident at Prospect. Gilbert was…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 5
An inquest was subsequently held by the coroner on the body of a boy named Robert Walter Pashley, who was drowned while bathing in the Curl Carl lagoon, near Manly,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal "Boating " Accident. a Boy Drowned at Manly
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 8
THE City Coroner held an inquest to-day at Manly, an the body of Robt. Walter Pashly, who was drowned in the Curl Curl lagoon, near Manly, on Saturday…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 4
The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday afternoon the Clarendon Hotel, Manly, touching the death of a youth named Robert Pashley, who was drowned in the curl Curl Lagoon, about a mile from Manly, on Saturday afternoon…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 8
A MAN named Thomas H. Monk, aged 22 years, was drowned in the harbour at the foot of Market-street about noon on Saturday. Two seamen, named Taylor and…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 5
BOWRAL, Monday.--An elderly man named Barnabus Pember was found drowned in a waterhole in his own paddock. An inquest was held before Mr. A. D. Badgery, M.P., the…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 6
A BOY named Robert Pashley, aged 14 years, and living in Belgrave-street, Manly, was drowned on Saturday afternoon in the Curl Curl Lagoon, about mile…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inquests. Drowned in Darling Harbor
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 5
The City Coroner held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday on the remains of a man, named Thomas Monk, who was drowned in the vicinity of the Market Wharf,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coroner's Inquests. Drowned in Darling Harbour
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 4
An inquest was held by the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J. P., at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday, concerning the death of a man named Thomas H.Monk, Whose body was found in Darling Harbour, near Market Whart…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 6
MR. SHIELL, City Coroner, held an inquest to-day on the body of Thomas H. Monk, aged about 23 years, the fore-cabin steward of the steamer Rosedale, plying between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosion of a Cask of Rum. Three Persons Injured. [By Telegrph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 7
An engineer named John Stretton, a resident of Sydney was drinking at Wallsend with two friends at an hotel on Saturday night, when one man dropped a lighted match upon a small cask of rum, with the result that it ignited…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Accident In Victoria. Two Children Killed
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Two little girls were knocked down by a train at Golden, Square, Sandhurst, to-day, and killed. They were crossing the railway line in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision in Western Australia
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1888 · page 5
PERTH, Tuesday.—A railway collision occurred to-day at Claremont, near Perth. A passenger train and engine were damaged and the passengers badly shaken, but no serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision at Wodonga. Negligence of the Driver of the Sydney Express. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1888 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Sydney express train to Melbourne this morning, when entering Wodonga station, ran into some stucks which were being shunted, threw them off the line and…
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