An Admiral's Accident. London, February 27
Sir G. T. Phipps Hornby, one of the admirals of the fleet, who was thrown from his carriage a few days dgo, is slowly recovering from the injuries he received,…
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Railway Accident at Liverpool
Harry Loch, night officer in charge of its Liverpool railway station, was run over by the midnight goods train from Sydney at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning and mutilated in a…
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LONDON, Friday. -- Sir G. T. Phipps Hornby, one of the Admirals of the Fleet, is recovering from the effects of his recent accident…
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At about half-past 6 o'clock this morning, a man named Thomas Drew reported to the police at No. 1 Station that the body of an old woman was floating in the water at the foot of…
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On Saturday a man named Dwyer, while attempting to cross a creek below Louth, had a vary narrow escape from drowning. His horse got caught on a snag about the middle of the stream, and was drowned before he could…
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LONDON, March 2.—The town of Yuma, Arizona, United States, has been destroyed by a succession of terrible floods. Fourteen hundred of the residents have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Fatality at Bathurst. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bathurst
A horrible case of death under unusual circumstances occurred last night. A man named George Wiles, employed as a traveller by Beale and Co., and lodging on the premises, got up at 9 p.m. and walking out by…
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Patrick Dela[?]y, formerly a selector, but lately employed on Mowabla station, slipped into the Lachlan River on Sunday, and was drowned. At the inquest on the body to-day a verdict of accidentally drowned was…
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Edwin M'Guire was fined £30 at the Nowra Police Court for sly grog-selling on the Raglan Valley Showgronnd. A shooting, affray took place at Armidale on…
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ALBURY, Tuesday.--After the lapse of a few days another fatal accident has occurred at Rutherglen. A carpenter and vinegrower named Harry Fackreil, 56 years of age, was…
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SPRINGWOOD, Monday.--The Rev. E. G. Crunswick, C.E., has had the misfortune to have his buggy smashed almost to pieces by the bolting of his horse. Fortunately, at the…
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SPRINGWOOD, Tuesday.--Several buggy accidents have occurred here lately, fortunately without serious consequences. A few days since the Rev. E. G. Cranswick's horse…
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In the District Court yesterday, J. C. Watson and Matilda Watson, his wife, of Alexandria, sued Thos. Evans, surgeon, of Macdonald-street, to recover £150 for injuries…
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At about quarter-past 6 o'clock yesterday morning a man named thomas Drew was at Darling Harbour at the foot of Bathurst-street, when he saw the body of a woman floating in the water near the edge. He gave…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A boy named Louis M'Donald, aged 5, while playing on the Bullock Island railway line at Wickham shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon…
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The dead body of an old woman, which has not yet been identified, was discovered yesterday morning floating in Darling Harbor, under a wharf at the foot of Bathurst-street Thomas…
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A narrow escape from dr[?]wning occurred here this morning. Mr. W. J. Mah[?]r, a local storekeeper, was going up the river on his usual dealing trip, and while going across opposite the r[?]ef he was capsized. Maher…
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During Monday night the weather telegrams north of Sydney, and particularly northwards from Newcastle along the coast, described the weather as boisterous and a rough sea running. Amongst the coasting…
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Mr. E. J. Love, overseer of works for the Parramatta Council, was thrown from his buggy on Tuesday, and received a severe shaking. A shell fired from the Queenscliff battery (Vic.)…
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Mr. Thomas Upton, formerly a leading storekeeper in this town, was badly crushed between two trucks tonight at the Penrith Railway Station. Upton was employed as an oilman. It is supposed that he was doing…
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