Serious Racing Accident
The enjoyment of those attending the supplementary meeting of the Sydney Driving Park Club on Thursday was completely checked by a sad accident which occurred during the Handicap…
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Fatal Mining Accident at Lithgow
A fatal accident occurred at the Lithgow Vale Colliery on Tuesday morning, by which a miner named Thomas Stokoe, aged 25 years, lost his life. Deceased was engaged in carrying timber in the vicinity of the…
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THIS morning, Robert M'Mahon, 14, residing at Prospect-street, Macdonaldtown, was working in Peacock's jam factory, when his left arm was entangled in some…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday.—A fatal accident, occurred on Tuesday morning in the New Vale pit. A man named Thomas Stokoe was killed by a fall of about 50 tons of top coal. Deceased, at the…
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WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—A miner named Jas. Postewaite met with a serious accident on Monday at Farley, near Maitland. It seems that he was engaged with others in opening out a…
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MURRUMBURRAH, Jan. 18.—The young man Doyle, who met with an accident at the Cunningar mines on Wednesday, died. An inquest was held on Thursday, and a verdict of accidental…
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YOUNG, Saturday.--A drowning case happened this morning at a bathing reserve known as " The Catting," which is in parts 80ft. deep. A young man darned Spare went in for his usual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Cash of Drowning at Young. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Young
A young man named George John Spare, aged l8, was drowned this morning in the Borough Council bathing-place, known as Belmore Cutting, on old mining claim deserted many years since in consequence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dreadful Explosion. Twenty Persons Injured. London, January 25
Twenty tons of molten metal caused a terrific explosion at Crewe, a town in Cheshire, to-day. Twenty persons were dreadfully injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Farmer Drowned in a Well. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Inverell
The body of Bartholomew Gleeson was found in a well near his house this morning. Deceased was a well-to-do farmer, residing on the Dogtrap-road. It is not yot known whether it was an accident or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Terrible Catastrophe. a Brother Accidentally Shoots His Sister. Death of the Victim
On Saturday afternoon last Pearson-street, Summerhill, was the scene of a sad accident, by which a little girl was fatally shot by her brother. The occurrence, which is surrounded by peculiar…
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AN infant named Alfred James Marney, 2 years of age, residing with his mother in Engine-street, Haymarket, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital to-day, suffering…
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James M'Carthy, a laborer residing at 15 Miil-street, Darling Harbor, was on Saturday knocked down by a horse on the Randwick-road, and on being examined at the Sydney…
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YOUNG, Saturday.--A railway accident occurred between Binalong and Bowning last night. No particulars are to hand, but it is believed that a goods train ran into a special…
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CAMDEN, Monday.--Robert Small, aged 16, son of Mr. Jesse Small, of Werombi was drowned on Saturday whilst bathing…
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GUNDAGAI, Friday.--The police have just received information that Charles Jarsen, fisherman, of this town, has been drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, in the vicinity of…
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YOUNG, Saturday.-It is reported here that a railway accident occurred between Binalong and Bowning late on Friday night. It is believed that a goods train ran into a special passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Runaway Racehorses. Two Men Seriously Injured
A serious accident occurred on the Randwickroad on Saturday evening, when two persons had a most miraculous escape from being killed. A jockey named George Lewis, 16, who resides in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coroner's Inquest. Fatal Gun Accident at Summer Hill
The Acting-Cor[?]ner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., held an inquest at the Summer Hill Hotel yesterday afternoon, concerning the death of a little girl named Florence Clarke, aged three years, who died at the…
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A VERY painful and serious accident happened to a painter named Joseph Hammon, to-day. He was painting outside a house in Botany-street. and was about…
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