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THURSDAY ISLAND, Monday. — The steamer Merrie England arrived on Saturday with Sir William M'Gregor on board, he having parted company with the Dutch officials after having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KIAMA, Saturday.—A serious accident happened at M'Sweeney's scone quarry this morning, a man named John Penny getting entangled with the crushing machinery. He was taken to the local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrible accident occurred yesterday in the shaft of the Fortuna Hustler's mine, Bendigo, resulting in the instantaneous death of two miners, who were mutilated to a shocking extent, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A carrier named Poulston was driving his waggon and team of 14 horses when a camel, which was near the road, caused the horses to become frightened. The team was thrown into confusion, and in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A remarkable case of poisoning, as the result of eating tinned meats, occurred on Saturday on the occasion of the annual picnic of the Sydney Soap and Candle Co…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday a case, which was the outcome of another collision between the rival Balmain ferry boats on February 28, occupied the time of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CROOKWELL Monday.--Rough weather is being experienced. On Saturday a thunderstorm, which was unusually severe, commenced about 4 o'clock, and within two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sad case of drowning occurred in the Hunter River, close to the local waterworks, on Sunday morning. A young man named Platts, whose parents reside at Ashfield, came to Muswellbrook on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PERTH, Tuesday.—A brewery now in course of erection at Fremantle collapsed on Saturday, seriously injuring eight men. Two men were on the ground floor and six others were above at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams to hand report that a disastrous storm has been experienced in the Transvaal, South Africa. Rain fell in torrents for a time, and several mines were flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday a brewery now in course of erection at Fremantle collapsed, seriously injuring five men. The whole of the middle of the building fell in. Two men were on the ground floor,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Melbourne correspondent yesterday wired; Malvolio has met with an accident to his fetlock joint, and been thrown out of training, and will probably be scratched for the Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, Monday.—A terrible mistake was made by Mrs. Hoffman, wife of the landlord of the Johnsburg Hotel on Sunday afternoon, when she mixed arsenic in piecrust instead of baking…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—At the inquest on the body of Abraham Kellett, contractor, killed on Friday in the Flinders-street tram collision with a buggy, it was positively stated by the conductor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELONG, Tuesday.—A serious mining accident occurred at Mount Adrah yesterday. A man named Barry, working in Messrs. Cole, Ryan, and Company's mine, fell 50ft in consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sad case of poisoning is reported as having happened at Johnsburg yesterday. So far as can be gathered, it appears that the daughter of Mr. Hoffmann while preparing food inadvertently used…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has reached Adelong of a serious mining accident at Mount Adrah. A man named Barry, working in Messrs. Cole, Ryan, and Co.'s mine, fell 50ft. in consequence of the staging collapsing. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GOULBURN, Monday.--A fatal accident happened yesterday morning toa boy seven years of age, named Cecil Arthur Brew. The lad and his cider brother took each a horse to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with the case of drowning at Albert Park, soma new facts have been discovered by Detective Cawsey. That officer has found out that Mr. and Mrs. Woodhead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- A sad case of drowning, which is involved in some amount of obscurity, took place last night on the Albert Part Lake. Mrs. Clara Woodhead a…
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