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Through being knocked down by a horse, an old man named Samuel Granger, 79 years of age, died in the Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, on Wednesday evening. Granger, evening. An inquest will be held…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ferry steam or Lady Napier had a narrow escape from being sunk yesterday. She was on her way from Balmain to Sydney at 6.30 a.m., crowded With passengers, mostly workmen going to their daily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the St. Arnaud races to-day a jockey named Sutton, aged 16 years, was thrown and killed. At the Seymour races a jockey named W. Viney, aged 30, was taking the horse My Dream over a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Hurd, a train examiner at Darling Harbor, was run over by an engine last night and killed instantly. The body, which was fearfully mangled, was removed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The City Coroner conducted an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday touching the death of William Hurd, the railway employee who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Kennedy, a railway guard, residing in Marion-street, Enmore, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital this morning, suffering from injuries to his head…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand files to hand by the Waihora contain papers up to February 24. We extract the following items of news:-- On Thursday evening, February 22, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HAY, Monday— A sad boating accident occurred last night, by which Mrs. Davy and a child named Stella Percival, 4 year of age, were drowned. A boating party, consisting of Mr.Vand Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →William Ward, a fisherman, discovered the body of a man in the Parramatta River, opposite the Subiaco Convent, at 10 o'clock this morning. It was that of a man about 27 years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The city coroner (Mr. Woore) held an inquest Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, yesterday, on the body of the man Samuel Granger, who died in the institution on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WINDSOR, Saturday.—A. sad accident occurred to a girl named Hayward at the public school yesterday. During the midday recess her dress accidentally ignited at a fire made for burning up papers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JUNEE, Saturday.—Thomas Field, a well-known and highly-respected railway guard, was killed on the line yesterday morning while shunting. The occurrence was not witnessed by anyone, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A collision was narrowly averted in the river this morning between the Taieri and the Courier. The latter had 700 passengers on board. Great excitement prevailed, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PERTH, Thursday.--Disastrous floods are reported from the Kimberley district, where a wide area of country is under water Fifteen natives are stated to have been drowned. It is feared that considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At this season of the year it is almost a weekly oocurrence for ships to arrive in Australian ports with tales of huge icebergs seen, and occasionally with marks of contact with the wanderers from…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →PERTH, Tuesday— Terrible floods have ocourred in the Kimberley district, involving heavy loss of life and destruction of stations, consequent on the severe loss of stock…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →On Saturday last a fatal accident accurred at Castlereagh, resulting in the death of an old resident, Mrs. John Shaw. From the particulars given at the enquiry it appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man named Nathen Dillon, 35, living in Bayroad, North Shore, was admitted to the North Shore Cottage Hospital yesterday. He was driving a dray at North Short when the horse bolted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN extrordinary accident happened a few days since at a race meeting held at Boilean about four miles from Hehuea. The Boilean Handicap was being run, for which ten horses and started…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— At the St. Arnaud races to-day a jockey named Sutter, aged 16 years, was thrown and killed. At the Seymour races a jockey named W. Viney, aged 30, was taking the…
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