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A sad harbour calamity, whereby it is feared the lives of three youths have been sacrificed, occurred shortly after 6 o'clock p.m. on the 1st instant. It appears that a party of eight hired the 24ft. half-decker Tennyson from Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →At the Langie Logan Company Aiarat, last week, Alexander M'Millan, the manager, was engaged this afternoon with three men in putting a syphon in the "bob" pit to draw off the water. He went…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →News was received on the 25th ultimo that a railway accident, with serious results, had happened on the Sydney side of North Goulburn. For a time it was thought that the mishap might have involved…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →John Downie, a miner, employed at Block 14 mine, met with a serious accident on Monday, He was working at the 200ft. level, and, according to instructions, was preparing the ground to put in timber. He noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →During the rehearsal in Paris of the patriotic drama, "Joan of Arc," Madame Sara Bernhardt, the famous tragedienne, had a narrow escape from a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →WHILE at work this morning on the old A.S.N. Co.'s.wharf, a seaman named Robt. Hulner, aged 57, received some painful injuries through a case of galvanised iron…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The midnight train to Blayney left the rails at Holmwood, lour miles from Cowra, and the engine is now lying down the embankment on its side, with the tender…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The City Coroner, Mr. J. C Woore, J.P., hold an inquiry yesterday at the Prince Alfred Hospital concerning the death of a jockey named Joseph Wilkins, who was killed whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—A fall of a portion of the colliery roof at Lambton occurred during the stoppago of work for the Christmas holidays. The fall appears to have been rather extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →DUBBO, Dec. 27.—A young man named Andrew Campbell was killed, on Thursday, at Coalbaggie, about fifteen miles from Dubbo, owing to his horse running him against a tree. The…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The young son of John Jones, a boy of six years, together with some other lads, went to bathe in the Colo River yesterday morning, and the former got into deep water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE police, assisted by others, have been engaged throughout the morning dragging for the body of the young man, Thomas Gilmore, who was yesterday drowned while…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two young men were drowned on Sunday, while bathing. Frank Greaves, who was one of the crew of the Irene when she capsized in October last, and who rescued two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NYMAGEE, Saturday.—A shocking drowning fatality took place on Friday, in which Milly Marley and Essie Scott lost their lives. Four young girls, the above-named two, and Amy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A SINGULARLY sad bathing fatality, by which a young man named Frank Greaves lost his life, occurred yesterday at Manly. The deceased, who was a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NARRANDERA, Saturday.--Two railway fettlers named Flood and Fisher met with a serious accident on the railway line at 11 o'clock this morning. They wore coming…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NARRANDERA, Saturday.--A man employed by Mr. Milthorpe as a drover was drowned at half-past 12 o'clock to-day in the Murrumbidgee, just below the punt station. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It was reported to tho Water Police at about II o'clock this morning that the body of a man had been seen floating in the water in tho vicinity of Point Piper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about 11 o'clock this morning it was reported to the water police that the dead body of a man was observed floating in the water near Point Piper. The water police boat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—At the Oakleigh railway station on the Gippsland line, an accident occurred at an early hour on Sunday morning. A goods train from Warragul rushed into a…
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