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BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--A terrible case of burning occurred in Argent-steet to-day. Late in the afternoon a lady was looking in Boan Brothers' drapery window, and she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Water Police have been unsuccessful in their search for the body of Thomas Cheatham, enginedriver of the steamer Berlinda, who was drowned off Mosquito Island on Tuesday. The deceased, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrible accident occurred during the trail of hunters at the show yesterday afternoon. A young man, Thomas R. Firth, assistant engineer, in the employ of Messrs. Baxter and Saddlor, railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Lewin, a schoolboy, aged 5, while playing in the schoolground at Kegsworth Public School, fell and sustained a fracture of the left thigh. He was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PARKES, Thursday.--In the hunter's contest at the show yesterday, Thomas W. Firth the son of an officer in the Department of Railways, was thrown from his horse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquiry was held at Carrathool touching a sad fatality whereby three daughters of a boundary rider named Alexander Morrison, named Jessie, Christina, and Murdochina, aged respectively 13, 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.—A slight collision took place yesterday afternoon in the harbor, by which the ketch Bock Lily had her jibboom carried away. The little vessel had just hauled off from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A jockey named Arthur Haigh, 14, a resident of Queen-street, Ashfield, was yesterday found lying unconscious on the track at the Canterbury Racecourse. He was speedily…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The many Cornish miners in Australia will read with sorrowful interest the following summary of an account of the mining disaster in Cornwall, which was reported by cable. Our account is…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Sir James F. Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, has received scores of inquiries as to the names of the people who lost their lives by drowning in the recent Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TAMWORTH, Friday.—An accident of a very painful character happened yesterday at Attune a to an old road maintenance man named James Reynolds. During his dinner hour he went to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alt accident occurred on the southern line early yesterday morning, when a goods train, owing to the failure of tho engine, was derailed at Rooty-hill. The train was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--The unfortunate woman Mrs. Stubbs, who was terribly burned through her clothes taking fire from a lighted match, which was lying on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, February 15.—An earthquake has occurred on the island of Samothrace, in the Ægean Sea, All the buildings on the island were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A railway accident happened at Como Railway Station, on the Illawarra lino, on February 20, whereby three persons received slight injuries. A goods train left Sydney for Wollongong late on…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →A lad named London met with a terrible accident at Rockingham while ont snipeshooting. His gun exploded, blowing away a portion of his face and severely injuring his hand…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sir,—In to-day's issue of your paper appears a paragraph referring to the lamented death of poor young Balfour, which is not only inaccurate in the matter of facts, but is also so…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Friday Night.--Sir James F. Garrick, the Agent-General for Queensland, has twice cabled to his Government asking to be supplied with the names of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Three accidents occurred at Burwood Colliery yesterday afternoon. A miner named John Reynolds sustained a nasty wound in his head by coming in contact with his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On her last run from Melbourne to Sydney, the Miowera made very slow progress, due to an accident to her machinery. While here the injury was made good, and on Saturday she left Huddart Parker's Wharf for…
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