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ALBURY, Thursday. -- The body of a lad named Alexander Robertson, whose clothes were found on the bank of the river, was recovered last night in 8ft. of water by a young…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, March. 14.—The four-masted ship Lancing, bound from Blyth to Melbourne with a general cargo, has been towed into Plymouth in consequence of her steering gear having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A shocking accident has occurred on the Perth section of the Eastern railway. A man named Wood, whilst driving a dray over the Lord-street crossing, was run into by a passing locomotive. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The four-masted ship Lancing, bound from Blyth to Melbourne with a general cargo, has been towed into Plymouth in consequence of her steering gear having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jane Mercer, a laundress, aged 72, was found lying in Crown-street yesterday by Constable Pain, who removed her to the Sydney Hospital. She was lying on the pavement in a pool of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About noon on Monday a little boy named Geo. Schmidte, whose father lives in Creek-street, was discovered, in the water at the foot of Mansfield-street, by Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Jacobs, jun, J. Pillifent, and Peter Ingram left Franklin Harbour (S. A.) on Wednesday morning. When returning in the afternoon they had a strong head wind to contend against, and…
Continued on Trove, page 547 →A telegram from Creswick (Vic.) states that information of a distressing occurrence ha s been received from Smeaton. George South, a miner, employed on the Hepburn Estate, with his two stepsons,…
Continued on Trove, page 547 →A case of drowning happened last week at Middle Brighton Beach, near Melbourne, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A man named John Gaynor was drowned at Morgan's Crossing to-day, 12 [?]les above Grafton. The deceased was going to Copmanhurst by the steamer Lorna, which got aground on the crossing, and deceased, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On Saturday last a painful sensation was caused in the town, over which a gloom was cast, by the sad intelligence that Thos. Heard, the young son of Mr. Wm. Heard, the gatekeeper on the railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A shocking catastrophe happened about 8 o'clock last night at Belmore, when a man named Steward M'Alister, aged 28 years, was accidentally shot dead. It appears that at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A laborer named Thomas Duffy was swimming in the Woolloowooloo Baths yesterday when he was struck on the head with a stone and received a severe scalp wound. An…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A man named Wm. Ayres was drowned whilst bathing in the breakers on the beach at Merewether yesterday afternoon. He and three fellow-workmen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. James Holmes late of Auckland, and now a resident of Melbourne, is the inventor of a " collision apron." which he claims is a simple bat effective device for saving ships after collisoin has occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A painter, named Henry Alfred Currie, aged 38 years, residing at Portland-street, Waterloo, met with a sheeking death on Saturday afternoon About 1.50 p.m. he endeavoured to jump on a special…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- Seven men were out bathing at the Bar on Saturday, when four of them were presently seen to be in difficulties, their comrades threw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J. P., J. P., held a magisterial inquiry at Kogarah on Saturday concerning the death of a man named Stewart M'Allister. who was accidentally shot on the previous evening. Deceased was 28 years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GRAFTON, Friday.—John Gainor, a miner, who has for some time been prospecting for coal in the vicinity of Copmanhurst, was drowned to-day in the Clarence. An inquest will be held on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ANOTHER of the oft repeated warnings to those who, to save a few moments of time, are willing to take the chances of a leap into eternity was given to-day,…
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