Abergeldie and Fifeshire in Collision
News has reached Sydney that a collision occurred off Gravesend between the steamers Abergeldie and Fifeshire. The Abergeldie was bound from Sydney to Dunkirk with wool; and…
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Collision Off Gravesend. London, March 16
The steamer Abergeldie, from Sydney to Dunkirk, and the steamer Fifeshire, which left Port Chalmers for London on January 29, have been in collision off Gravesend…
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NOWRA, Tuesday.--A terrible accident occurred at Terara yesterday afternoon between 5 and 6 o'clock. From particulars to hand it appears that a party of girls, named…
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A State school child, aged 13 years, named Thos. Turner, was drowned in Cockle Crook this afternoon while bathing. The body was recevered to-night, and an inquost will be held at Taralba to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Strange Fatality in Gippsland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
A fatality, which is at present shrouded in mystery, occurred at midday on the railway line between Moo and Trafalgar. A passenger train from Melbourne was travelling at full speed,…
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LONDON, March 17.—The iron screw steamer Roxburgh Castle has foundered off the Scilly Isles, after having been in collision with another vessel, the name of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision Off the English Coast. Foundering of the Steamer Roxburgh Castle. Twenty-two Lives Lost. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondnt.) London, March 17
The steamer Roxburgh Castle has foundered off the Scilly Isles, after having been in collision with another vessel, the name of which is unknown…
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A skull believed to be that of Mr. Quill, a Government surveyor, who was killed recently, has been found in Cleddon Valley, Invercargill (N. Z.)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident in a Sawmill. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lismore
A fatal accident occurred at Cottee's sawmill this afternoon, when a young lad named Herbert Cottee, aged 16½ years, an apprentice in another establishment, went to the mill and obtained permission to grind some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dreadful Accident to a Boy. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Corrspondent.) Narrandera
A painful accident happened here yesterday to a boy, 14 years old, named Clarke, son of William Clarke, a farmer, The lad was yarding some cattle, when his horse fell on him, smashing his left aum and shoulder…
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MURRURUNDI, Wednesday. -- Mr. Dunbar, stationmaster at Doughboy Hollow, met with a serious accident yesterday. It appears that the unfortunate man was handing…
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The Parramatta coroner, Mr. J. E. Bowden, held an inquest yesterday touching the death of a little boy named Ellich, aged 7 yesrs and 7 months, residing with his parents in Palmer-street, Parramatta, who…
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A magisterial inquiry was held at Barrenjoey on Tuesday concerning the death by drowning of a child named John Eckman, 18 months old, son of one of the Customs boatmen. On Monday afternoon…
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At about half-past 9 o'clock this morning the Water Police received a telephone message from North Shore to the effect that the body of a man was floating in the water at Lavender Bay…
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THE water police this morning discovered the dead body of an unknown man floating in Lavender Bay. The corpse, which seems to have been about three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Disaster at Sea. Collision with Ironclads. an Atlantic Liner Sunk. 570 Lives Lost
LONDON, March 18.—News has reached London to the effect that a fearful marine disaster has taken place off Gibraltar, involving dreadful loss of life…
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A terrible collision has occurred in Gibraltar Bay. The steamer Rodney ran into and sank, the steamer Uropia, which was loaded with Italian emigrants. The…
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Judge Fitzbardinge, when presiding at the Broken Hill Criminal Sessions on Wednesday, sentenced the man Kennedy, charged with stealing and with having in his possession 48oz of…
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A married woman named Julia Fordice Vincent, 50, living at North Head, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday evening. While walking across Devonshire street she was run over…
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An inquest was held at Atkins's Hotel, Parramatta, on Wednesday, on the body of George Ellich, 7 years and 7 months old, who was drowned in the river, near Lennox Bridge, on…
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