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HAY, Monday.— A sad boating accident occurred last night, by which Mrs. Davy and a child named Stella Percival, 4 years of age, were drowned. A boating party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whilst at work this morning on board the steamer Port Chalmers a laborer named George M'Master, of 4 Arthur-street, Surry Hills, was rather severely injured. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →While a party was out wild-pig hunting in Southland two men, whilo in a kneeling position in advance, were mistaken in the darkness for pigs by a youth, who fired at them, killing one man,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A child named Isaac Ham fell from the Sydney express after leaving Benalla today and was severely injured about the head and body…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The night-watchman employed at Holds-worth, Macpherson and Co.'s warehouse made a gruesome discovery at 7 o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PENRITH Monday.—Mrs. Robert Shaw, wife of a farmer, was killed on Saturday under peculiar circumstances. The unfortunate woman was helping her husband to put pigs in a cart when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An accident, by which three men named George M'Master, John Watson, and George Rogers were injured, happened on Saturday on board the steamer Port Chalmers, lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal accident occurred at Castlereagh yesterday. Mrs. Robert Shaw, wife of a farmer, was helping to put pigs in a cart, when the vehicle tipped over, the side striking her on the head and knocking her down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious accident happened last night at Korumburra. A young man named Alexander Morgan was working on the night shift at the Korumburra and Jeetho mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NYNGAN, Monday.--Yesterday morning six Chinamen endeavored to cross the Bogan to visit friends at the Chinamen's gardens, and took the old punt. When about 10yds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal boating accident happened on the river here on Sunday night. A party of seven went picnicing in the morning some miles down the river, and when returning between 9 and 10 o'clock it was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, Monday.--The body of a young son of Mr. Alexander Nicholson, a sharebroker, was found floating in the sea near the Grange Jetty on Sunday evening. At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A drowning fatality occurred yesterday morning, four Chinamen losing their lives. It appears that six Chinamen endeavoured to cross the Bogan River for the purpose of visiting their friends at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A double boating fatality occurred here last night, by which two lives were lost. A party, which included Mr. and Mrs. Cottrell, Mr. and Mrs. Davy, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MOAMA, Monday.--A man named Anderson has been drowned at Boilcan while bathing, and his body has not yet been recovered. Frank Hamson, a young man, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A short time ago there was a cable in the Star regarding the conferring of the Royal Humane Society's medal, with other Imperial naval honors, on a non-commissioned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RAYMOND TERRACE, Monday.--A drowning fatality occurred in the Hunter River on Sunday afternoon. Several lads were bathing at Martin's Wharf, Miller's Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KANGAROO VALLEY, Monday.--Yesterday afternoon the wife and infant of Mr. Thomas Beacon, a farmer of Brogher's Creek, were drowned while crossing the crook on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HAY, Monday.--A sad boating accident occurred last night. Mr. George Henry Cottrell, an auctioneer, and his wife, with Mr. John Davy and wife, Mr. Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND, Monday.--A boat left the Bluff wharf, Southland, yesterday, with five persons for a trip up the harbor. The body of one of them, named Pleasants, stripped to…
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