Fatal Mining Accident
BROKEN HILL, This Day.--A fatal accident occurred in Block 14 mine on Sunday morning. A young man named Thomas Bagwell fell 100ft in the main shaft, and…
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The Boating Accident. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir, -- As I was aboard the steamer Mermaid on Saturday last, I should like to make a few remarks on Mr. W. A. Notting's letter in your paper re the capsize of the Idothea during the…
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LOUTH, Tuesday.-A sad case of drowning occurred at Dunlop Station on Sunday. A young man named Kerr, a striker in a blacksmith's shop, went frith some comrades to the river for a…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The steamer Taglioferro ran into the barque Wm. Turner at the Dyke yesterday. A good deal of damage was done to the barque,…
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The acting coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., held an inquest at the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday morning, relative to the death of a boy named Henry Fay, aged 4½ years, who died at that institution on the previous…
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GOULBURN, Wednesday.-A fatal accident op curred on the railway line at Goulburn this morning. A driver named David Sims left his home about half-past 5 o'clock for the purpose of…
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On Monday morning an accident happened to a boy named Henry Say, aged 4 years, which terminated fatally. It appears that the child was i playing with a loaded pea rifle in his bedroom at…
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The Acting-Coroner held an inquest at the Prince Alfred Hospital on Tuesday concerning the death of the child Henry Fay, who died in the institution on Monday evening. Deceased was 4½…
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The report made by Mr. Kircaldy, relating to the accident on Monday last, when an engine and several carriages ran off the line near Blackheath Station, has been sent to the Railway…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--A railway employee, named John Hunt, while loading a truck at Fort Melbourne railway pier, fell between the vessel's side and the Pier…
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THE Acting-Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., held an inquest at the Prince Alfred Hospital to-day touching the death of a boy named Henry Fay, aged…
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Sir,--I nave carefully read Mr. F. C. Eaton's letter in your columns of to-day re the above, but as that gentleman in his ardor to shield the authorities who had the conduct of Saturday's Sir,--Unwillingly I am compelled to take up my pen re above, for your correspondent, Mr. F. C. Eaton, has rushed his ideas into print without reflection. He says my "account of…
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The Acting Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquest at the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday on the body of a child named Henry Fay, aged four years and six months, who died from…
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John Peters, an old resident of Paterson, was accidentally drowned in the Paterson River yesterday. He was fishing in an old boat when, as he was leaning over the side, he lost his balance and was pre[?]ipitated…
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At about 6 a.m. yesterday the dead body F a zoan, whose name is unknown, was found floating in the waters of Johnson's Bay, near the Glebe Island bridge, by a man named John…
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Newcastle, Wednesday.-On Tuesday afternoon, the steamer Tagliaferro collided with the barque William Turner, which was lying at No. 7 crane. Considerable damage was done to the…
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Last evening the steamer Tagliaferro, while being removed to the Dyke, collided with the barque William Turner, carrying away the latter's mainyard, and staving her port bulwarks in. The Tagliaierro was only…
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AN engineer named James Christie, aged 20 years, was working a planing machine at the railway works this afternoon, when his left hand got caught in the wheel,…
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GOULBURN, This Day. -- An engine-driver named David Sims, in going to work this morning, stepped off the down line to avoid a shunting engine, when he was…
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GOULBURN, This Day. -- The inquest on the body of D. Sims, engine driver, was held yesterday, when a verdict of accidental death was returned. Deceased,…
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