Rescue From Drowning. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,--Through the medium of your valuable paper I should like to call the attention of the public and the Royal Humane Society to a gallant rescue from…
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A Fatal Attempt. Drowned in a Gully. INVERELL
A man named James Miggins attempted to cross a gully near the river at Inverell on Thursday last. The waters were swollen with the recent rains. He was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. Rain Again Set In.-- Two Girls Drowned. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE, Monday.--Rain again set in in Brisbane to-night, A telegram from Goondiwindi states that the M'Intyre River rose 27ft above summer level yesterday, but is now…
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An inquest "was held at Manly on Monday afternoon relative to the death of the man William Rowett, who expired suddenly on Friday night at the residence of Mrs. Richards, Manly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News by Telegraph. New South Wales. A Serious Accident
BATHURST, Monday.-On Saturday an accident happened to Mrs. Bayley, info of Mr. Thos. ' Bayley, farmer, George's Plains. Mrs. Bayley I was driving a springout in Keppel-street, and…
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MAITLAND, Tuesday.-A boy named Feeny, living at Hinton, met with a nasty gun accident on Saturday afternoon. It seems that Feeny was out 'with two companions who had an…
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ABRAHAM RICE, 34, a saddler, residing at 164 Woolloomooloo-street, received some rather severe burns this morning about the arms and legs. He got out of bed at an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Accident to Emin Pasha. London, January 20
Emin Pasha, who sustained serious injury by accidentally falling out of a window at Bagamoyo, is reported to be improving in health…
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Notice of action was yesterday given to the Railway Commissioners by Mr. W. Coonan, solicitor, on behalf of Mr. W. Rose, of Wilberforce, who met with…
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WILCANNIA, Tuesday.—An old resident of Wilcannia, named Thomas Willis, was reported missing on-Saturday night. As he lived close to the river bant fears were entertained that he…
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As a dog-cart belonging to Messrs. Anderson and Sands, of William-street, was being driven at a slow pace up King-street yesterday afternoon the horse of a cab coming…
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A drowning accident happened yesterday at North Shields, when the son of Thos. Newell, a young man 19 years of age, lost his life. He went to bathe, got on a log,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in the Yarra. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
The steamer Flora, outward for Hobart, while proceeding down the river to-day took the ground at Spottiswoode, where the steamer Excelsior, bound for Geelong, came into collision with her, the Flora…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miraculous Escape From Drowning. Hanging to a Sail for Thirty- Three Hours. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A miraculous escape from drowning has occurred to Captain Jamie son, of the cutter Lucy, of 10 tons reglater, trading between Port Adelaide and Clloton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning of an Old Resident of Wilcannia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wilcannia
Considerable excitement provailed yesterday on the wharf when the body of an old resident of Wilcannia named Thomas Willis aged about 60, was taken out of the river. Deceased, who recently lost his wife, had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Explosion of Molten Lead. Two Men Injured. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--An explosion of molten lead occurred at Messrs. Harris, Scarfe and Co.'s wholesale establishment this morning. A man named Wm. Alford swept up some damp…
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A lad named Leslie Shields was admitted to the Parramatta Hospital on Tuesday suffering from injury to the knee, caused by a blow from an axe his little brother was using, which had…
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BATHURST, Wednesday.--A serious accident has happened to Mrs. Bayley, wife of a farmer at George's Plains, Mrs. Bayley and a daughter aged 5 were driving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to Emin Pasha. London, January 20
Emin Pasha, who sustained serious injury by accidentally falling out of a window at Bagamoyo, is reported to be improving in health…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Accident Near Kiama
A report has been received by the Railway Commissioners with reference to an accident which occurred at the Derniping Siding, Bombo stone quarries, at the latter end of the past…
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