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Shortly before 3 a.m. on February 2 a serious encounter between police and burglars took place in Bridge-street, Sydney, which resulted in five of the constables being…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A deliberate case of suicide occurred at about half-past 5 o'clock this morning by an unknown man near Glebe Island. At about the time given William Donnelly saw a man in the act of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An extraordinary shooting accident occurred at the Prospect Inn, Prospect, on Monday. evening about 9 o'clock. A man named Frank Humby, aged 45, and a few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The village of Oakland was, in the expressive language of that oracular personage, the oldest inhabitant, "a streight-forrard plaice." The straight-forwardness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dr. MacKellar, M.L.C., and Mr. P. T. Humphery, M.L.C., had a narrow escape from meeting with a serious accident on Friday afternoon. They were driving up Pitt-street in a cab, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Merchants' Exchange on Monday a brief message was posted on the bulletin board announcing the total loss of the barque Gazelle near the French Pass—a dangerous "short cut" lying off…
Continued on Trove, page 284 →An accident happened to Mr. W. J. Black of this district on Monday week last. It appears that he was riding his grey mare that night when she shied, throwing Mr. Black, who however…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The accident in the Boyal Arcade, by which one man was killed, and another severely injured, must naturally cause inquiry as to what regulations exist for the prevention of occurrences of this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The accident in the Boyal Arcade, by which one man was killed, and another severely injured, must naturally cause inquiry as to what regulations exist for the prevention of occurrences of this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While M. Wilson, a farmer at Sheffield, was cutting corn with a reaping machine, his 2-year-old child got in the way of the blades. Before the father could stop the team the little…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →An accident of a shocking nature happened in the Royal Arcade, George-street, shortly before 11 o'clock on Saturday. The interior of the arcade is undergoing renovation, and men…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yesterday afternoon William Brereton, 32, wharf-laborer, residing at Denham-street, was taken to the Sydney Hospital, suffering from a fracture of the knee-cap…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday morning n little girl named Rose Mary Evans, five years old, was run over by a cart in Riley-street. She was immediately taken to the Sydney Hospital by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PERTH, Monday.— A sad boating fatality occurred in the harbor at Albany on Saturday night. A hulk-keeper named Maxwell and his wife were returning from town in a boat to the hulk, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intelligence has been received by the Parramatta Coroner that a lad named Billington was drowned at Gladesville yesterday afternoon. Yesterday a sail-making establishment, Nos…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An exciting case of life-saving occurred at Lady Robinson's Beach yesterday. There were a large number of patrons in the ladies' swimming baths, and between 11 and 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ALBANY, Sunday.--A sad boating accident happened here last night. A hulk-keeper named Maxwell and his wife were returning to the hulk from town, and when close…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Constable Samuel Taylor, one of the men who was badly injured in the affray with burglars in Bridge -street early on the morning of February 2, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious accident occurred yesterday morning about 11 o'clock, the victim being a little girl under 2 years of age, named Vioict Sorrenson. The child was playing in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A little girl named Rose Mary Evans, 5 years of age, wits taken to the Sydney Hospital at 10.39 this morning suffering from a fracture of the skull, and was…
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