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A sad case of drowning occurred at St. Peters at about half-past 12 on Saturday. A youth, named Alfred Hatfield, aged 17, who resided with his parents in Alfred-street, St. Peters, was levelling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At half-past 2 o'clock on this afternoon a train from Melbourne reached Collingwood station. At this point, in order to carry passengers to Heidleberg, the train is shunted on to another line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Sunday;--a collision occurred yesterday afternoon between the steamer Barcoo, bound north, and Webster and Company's steam-tug Beaver. The former, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A collision took place in the Brisbane River on Saturday afternoon between the steamers Beaver and Barcoo near the powder-magazine. About 300 excursionists were on board the Beaver, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Acting-Coroner held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue, on Friday afternoon, into the circumstances surrounding the death of the cabman Sydney Denham, who was killed on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- A fat[?] accident occurred at Burwood on Saturday. A party was returning from a picnic at Red[?]d in trucks, an engine pushing behind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At about half-past 6 o'clock on Saturday afternoon Constable M'Donald found a man named Joseph Williams, aged 26. lying on the ground in the vicinity of the General Post…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle, Sunday.--A fatal accident n reported from Redhead. Yesterday afternoon a picnic party wore returning to town in a number of waggona, the locomotive being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A fatal accident is reported from Redhead. On Saturday afternoon a picnic party were returning to town in a number of waggons, the locomotive being behind. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Isabella M'Lauren, a housemaid employed at the Theatre Royal Hotel, Castlereagh-street, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from an injury to her back caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LAST night the body of a man, about 40 years of age, name unknown, was found in the baths at King-street, Newtown. The deceased bad evidently gone to the baths…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A serious explosion of chemicals occurred at the Australian hat factory in Richmond this morning. The walls of several rooms were demolished, and the damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- An explosion occurred in the drying room of the Australian Hat Factory, Richmond, to-day, through the action of certain chemicals. An employe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Ellis, 37, a cabdriver, residing at 5, Cleveland-street, was driving along Pitt-street yesterday, when his cab collided with a 'bus; the man was thrown to the ground, and the wheels of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEVERTIRE, Tuesday.—At Haddon Riggs on Saturday a sad accident occurred to a man named James Cottie. As he was standing in a dray holding a loaded rifle he hurriedly snatched to catch a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CARCOAR, Tuesday.—A fatal accident happened on Friday last to James M. Martin, lessee of the Edgecombe Estate, near Cadia. Whilst falling a tree a limb which lodged in another tree slipped…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GOULBURN, Tuesday.—A young man named William George Apps, whist out shooting with a companion the other day, received part of the discharge of a shot in the left eye. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A CAB-DRIVER named William Ellis, aged 37 years, residing at No. 5 Cleveland-street, met with a very painful accident to-day. He was driving cab No 1061 along…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WHILST a sailor named Joseph Matheson, aged 81 years, was walking along the deck of the steamer Sydney to-day, he slipped, and sprained his ankle. He went to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DUBBO, This Day. -- A man named Cotter was admitted to the hospital on Monday, suffering from a gunshot wound in the arm, caused by a rifle accidentally…
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