Found Drowned
About 7 O'clock this morning, Mr. Robert Fazackerley, of No. 5, Albert-Street, Paddington, discovered the body of a man floating in one of the dams in the Centennial park. The police…
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Narrow Escape From Drowning
WAGGA WAGGA, Tuesday.--Mr. Walsh's butcher boy narrowly escaped drowning while he was taking meat across the river to the residents at North Wagga in a boat, to…
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Two laborers, named respectively William M'Caulley and Stewart Montague, met with a serious accident at the Colonial Sugar Refining Co.'s works at Pyrmont yesterday. They were…
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The Marine Board held an inquiry on Monday afternoon into the matter of the collision between the steamer Herga and schooner Julia, which occurred on the evening of the 10th instant, abreast…
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COOTAMUNDRA, Monday.--A young man named Castles was drowned yesterday while attempting to cross Muttama Creek on horseback, the creek being then flooded…
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A meeting of the Marine Board was held yesterday afternoon to inquire into the cause of the collision on the 10th instant between the steam-collier Herga and the fore-and-aft schooner Julia. Captain Broomfield…
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The Marine Board met yesterday to inquire into the circumstances connected with the collision between the steam collier Herga and the fore-and-aft schooner Julia, on the morning…
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ABOUT 7 o'clook this morning the body of a middle-aged man was found in the Centennial Park dam by a man named R. Sazsekerley, who resides at No. 5…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrow Escape From Drowning. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Young
Mr. R. M. Hunter, caretaker of the courthouse and assistant bailiff, had an exciting experience and a narrow escape from drowning on Saturday last. Having to travel to Bimbi on official business, he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Sheep and Cattle Drowned. Biggest Flood Since 1870
GUNDAGAI, Monday.—The flood reached 31ft 6in at 10.30 o'clock on Sunday night, but has now fallen about 2ft. There is terrible calamity among cattle on the river flats. They are passing here in…
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A rumor gained currency at Peak Hill on Monday that Hausen, who is awaiting his trial for the Peak Hill murder, had confessed" to Acting Visiting Justice Dulhunty that he had committed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Murrimbidgee Flood. Wagga Wagga Inundated. Another Drowning Fatality Reported. Wagga WAGGA
The flood reached its highest at 10 o'clock last night, being 30ft. above summer level. The water ran a foot over Fitzmaurice-street at the junction of Kincard-street, and…
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A LITTLE girl, two years of age, a daughter of a Mr. Howard, residing near Seven Hills, was drowned yesterday (Tuesday) morning by falling into a waterhole. Mr. Mathews will…
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The dead body of a man which has not yet been identified was found at about 7 o'clock yesterday morning floating in one of the dams in the Centennial Park. The body was doubled…
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At 7 o'clock yesterday morning, as a man named Z[?], a resident of 5 Alfred-street, Paddington, was walking along the bank of one of the lagoon[?] in the Centennial Park, he found a black cloth coat, a pair of…
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WAGGA, Tuesday.—The river is up to 29ft and rising slowly. The water has flooded all the lowlands for miles up and down, and is rising at the rate of a foot in three hours. It is expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Narrabri. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Narrabri
George Wannel, a slaughterman in the employ of James O'Connor, butcher, was killed to-day by a limb of a tree falling on him. When his ma[?] arrived Wannel was dead, held down by the limb, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods. Wagga Partially Submerged. a Man Drowned.--the River Still Rising
WAGGA, Tuesday.--The river continued to rise to-day, and by 10 o'clock to-night had reached a height of 30ft. 4in. The water is still rising slowly. This is the highest flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood in the Murrumbidgee. North Wagga Partly Submerged. a Man Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Wagga
The Murrumbidgee here is in flood, being 29ft. above summer level, and it is expected to rise at least a [?] mor[?]; the water will then cover several streets, including Fitzmaurice-street. The…
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A man named George Warriwell, aged 40, who was in the employ of Mr. James O'Connor, butcher, Narrabri, as a sl[?], went out on Tuesday to cut some firewood. He started to cat one end…
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