The Water Supply. the Accident at Prospect
The report furnished to the Minister for Works shows that five of the arches supporting the aqueduct connecting the Prospect and Potts Hill dams gave way either during…
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The Sydney Water Supply. That Accident Not Easily Repaired. Official Complacency. the Works Department and Its Works Not to Be Trusted
PARRAMATTA, Friday.—1 left what remains of Kinsella's aqueduct at 5 o'clock this morning to bring my letter into Parramattta. The visible work accomplished up…
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LONDON, January 7.—Mr. Lawrence Irving, son of Mr. Henry Irving, has shot himself in the lung at Belfast. It is believed that the occurrence was accidental…
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Mr. Lawrence Irving, son of Mr. Henry Irving, has shot himself in the lung at Belfast. It is believed that the occurrence was accidental. He is in a critical…
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Mr. Lawrence Irving, son of Mr. Henry Irving, accidentally shot himself with a revolver, and is now in a critical condition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Potts' Hill Accident. Cause of the Break. Parramatta
The aqueduct at Boothtown which burst at 3 o'clock yesterday morning is carried away 250ft., and some 100ft more is expected to go. Experts state that the cause of…
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The Minister for Works (Mr. Lyne) yesterday morning received information to the effect that five of the arches of the aqueduct connecting the Prospect and Potts-hill dams…
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ALBURY, Thursday. -- A report from Mitta Mitta gives particulars of an accident, by which a miner named John M'Cabe lost his life. He was seated in a buggy, when he let…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents. Hail Way Collision. Steamboat Accident
LONDON, December 30— A terrible railway, collision has taken place at Rosovo, Russia. So far as is at present known, 20 passengers have been killed, and 100…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday. — An accident of [?] serious character occurred on the Beaumaris tramway at noon yesterday. The conveyance, which is a horsefram, after leaving the terminus crowded…
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The body of the lad Webb, who was reported to have fallen into a waterhole near Woolli Creek, Arncliffe. on Thursday afternoon, was recovered at 8.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Tasmanian Letter. A Yachting Fatality. Coach Upset. Exhibitors' Grievanees. Revenue Returns. General News. HOBART, January 6. Yachtsman Drowned
A sad accident occurred on the Tamar River on New Year's Day. A party consisting of J. Owens, W. Tyson, W. Duff, C. Duff, H. Riley, and Gilbert Riley were out on a sailing excursion,…
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SHORTLY before midnight on Saturday a youth named John Cracknel, employed as steward on board the R.M.S. Oruba, was drowned in Neutral Bay. It appears that James Stanley and James…
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Unfortunately the holidays did not pass over without a fatal accident. On Jan. 1 two brothers, named George and Herbert Scott, aged 9 and 14 years respectively, were drowned while bathing…
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A report reached London this evening to the effect that a terrible railway collision has taken place at Kosovo, in Russia. So far as is at present known, 20…
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The schooner Templar was driven ashore near San Remo yesterday, and became a total wreck. The captain and two sailors were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Moreton Bay Boating Fatality. Ten Hours in the "Water
IN connection with the fatal booting accident at Moreton Bay on Sunday, we learn from Brisbane that the boy Alfred Batch, who was supposed to have been drowned with, the man Toppin,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Fierce Southerly Buster. Some Narrow Escapes. Vessels Dragging Their Moorings. Complicated Navigation in the City. a Steward Drowned
After a very "close" day on Saturday the air cooled down very considerably in the evening, and about 9o'clock the wind settled down to a dead calm. That condition lasted for half an hour,…
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THE work at the Boothtown aqueduct is proceeding in a satisfactory manner, but progress is necessarily slow, and as there appears to be no chance of the work being…
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