A Boating Fatality
BROKEN HILL, Monday.—The Terowie correspondent of the SILVER AGE telegraphed on Sunday that three lads named Benjamin Cook, Mark Cook, and Statton, aged 17, 12, and 16…
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A Colliery Fatality
WOLLONGONG, Friday. A fatal accident happened at the South Kembla Colliery on Wednesday. Two men named Coffee and Stapleton were riding on a trolly, and in going down a steep…
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At Wantabadgery on the 31st ultimo, Mr. "William Matchett, J.P., of Gundagai, held a magisterial inquiry concerning the death of Charles Janson, a fisherman, of this town. The evidence elicited showed that Janson…
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We deeply regret to have to chronicle a fatal accident which has befallen one of our townsmen than whom there was, perhaps, no one more generally liked and esteemed in Penrith and wherever he…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--Captain Lucas, of the schooner Walcon, and a seaman named Scott left Queenscliffe last night to board the schooner which was lying off a jetty near the…
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LONDON, Thursday Night.--It is believed that the steamer which collided with the barque Large Bay off Beachy Head, in the English Channel, and which sank with all…
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For some days past workmen have been en-gaged upon the work of demolishing a row of tenement houses situated in a small street named Blackburn, which is situated off Elizabeth.st…
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The steamer Nereid, white saping downs the English. Channel, came into collision off Dungenese with the ship Killochan, bound from Lyttelton, New Zealand. Both…
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BETWEEN 9 and 10 o'clock this morning the wall of an old two-storey building in Blackburn-street, off Elizabeth-street, which was being pulled down, collapsed…
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COOTAMUNDRA, Wednesday.—A man named Hales of Bethungra, met with a terrible death on Tuesday night, It appears Hales had visited Cootamundra on Tuesday for the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Today's Cablegrams. Collision in the English Channel. Supposed Loss of 52 LIVES
LONDON, February 7. It is believed that the Vessel which collided with the Largs Bay in the English Channel, and sank, was the steamer Glencoe, in ballast. There were 52 persons on board…
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We give an engraving taken from a photograph showing the condition of the bow of the steamship Thingvalla, when the vessel had been hauled up on the dry dock, Halifax, Nova Scotia, after her…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The Collision in the English Channel. Supposed Loss of 52 Lives. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 7
It is believed that the vessel which came into collision with the ship Largo Bay in the English Channel, and which was believed to have sunk with all hands, was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Patal Accident at the Soute Kembla Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wollongong
On Wednesday two mon, named Coffee and Stapleton, who were engaged in connection with the South Kembla Colliery, received severe injuries. They were riding on a trolly which was being taken down a steep…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatal Accident at the South Bulli Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bulli, Feiday
A miner named Andrew Tressider was killed to-day in the South Bulli Colliery through a piece of coal falling on him and breaking his back and leg…
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WOLLONGONG, This Day. -- A miner named Andrew Tresidder was killed by a fall of cool in the South Bulli mine yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inquests. a Fatal Street Accident
The Acting-Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore), held an inquest at the Shakespeare Hotel, Newtown, yesterday, on the body of a man named Walter Downing, aged 22, who died from the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Accident. a Woman Burned to Death
Susan Corcoran, a married woman, living at North-street, Richmond, Melbourne, met her death in a terrible manner on Saturday. She was engaged in the afternoon in booking dinner…
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YOUNG, Monday.âMr. William King, of Kingsville, about seven miles from Young, met with a nasty accident on Saturday. He was feeding, a chaff-cuttin g machine with short hay, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Collision in Newcastle Harbor
NEWCASTLE, This Day.-- The schooner Oamaru, whilst leaving the dyke loaded this morning, came into collision with the barque Delphine Melanie, and did damage…
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