Accidents and Offences
A thunderstorm passed over Bathurst on Saturday. A horse standing in a stable at Mrs. Cousins's, Kelsoville, was struck dead by the lightning, and a stack of hay on a farm near…
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Mining Accidents in Victoria. Terrible Death of a Manager. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
James Richards, mine manager of the Great Southern Gold-mining Company, Sandhurst, met a terrible death yesterday. On Friday No. 6 shaft, which is 400ft. deep, was found to be on fire,…
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The funeral obsequies on the body of Jas. R. Logan, the victim of the recent sad tram accident, were carried out on Saturday afternoon last with much solemnity. All the…
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A shocking accident, which resulted in the death of a man named Henry Campbell, occurred on Saturday afternoon at Balmain. The accident was witnessed by a man named James…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--At the inquest on the body of the lad Lenlott, who was drowned in Ironbark Creek, Hexham, the jury returned a verdict of accidentally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Brothers Drowned at Southport. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
A drowsing fatality occurred at Southport last evening, the victims being two brothers named Berry. Several Brisbane visitors were bathing in the surf. One, named R. H. Berry, was carried out…
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A fight, of two rounds, occurred on Monday on at the corner of Phillip and King between two carters. One of the combatants gave his antagonist "two lovely black…
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The s.s. Elingamite, Captain Percy Bull, arrived from Hobart on Monday morning. Shortly before she came alongside the wharf, and when blowing off steam, one of the…
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WHILST engaged cutting ice at a circular saw this morning at the ice works, Darling Harbor, a laborer named John Anderson, aged 30, living at Clayton-street, Balmain,…
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BATHURST, Tuesday.--Yesterday afternoon, as Mr. George Shepherd was proceeding to the racecourse in a Cart, the axle broke, and he was precipitated to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accidents. (By Telegraph.) Struck by Lightning
GRENFELL, Monday. --A man named Lorelli, formerly an hotelkeeper, was struck dead by lightning last evening whilst standing at the door of his house, Barmedman. Coroner…
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BERRY, Tuesday.--An inquest was held this afternoon touching the death of William Hayes, of Berry, who was found drowned in Broughton Mill Creek this morning. From the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The body of Mr. Richards, the mining manager of the Great Southern mine, who fell down the shaft while it was on fire, was recovered to-day. The neck…
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Early on Tuesday morning the body of James Richards, who fell down a burning shaft at the Great Southern Mine, at Sandhurst, on Saturday last was recovered. The body and legs were not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at the Railway Station. a Shunter Injured
GEORGE MORRIS, 23, a shunter employed at the Redfern railway station," met with a somewhat serious accident yesterday afternoon. He was engaged shunting, and got…
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Mr. Robert Clark, J.P., who formerly represented Horsham in the Victorian Assembly, committed suicide on Wednesday by shooting himself. No reason is assigned for the act…
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A shocking accident happened at the Redfern Railway Station yesterday afternoon, whereby a shunter, named George Morris, was badly injured, and from which serious results are apprehended…
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An accident happened yesterday afternoon to a man named George Morris, 23 years of age, at the Redfern Railway Station, whereby he received lacerated and punctured wounds extending some distance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shoking Fatal Accident in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
Early this morning Samuel J. Cole, a building contractor, met with a terrible death at the Adelaide-chambers, Queen-street—a building of five storeys, where a fire recently occurred in the top…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A boating fatality occurred to-day at Brighton. Two young men named John Wills, aged 22, and George Abrahams, 17, residents of Prahran, hired a boat…
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