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BARCALDINE (Q.), Thursday.— A horrible accident occurred near Longreach last night. A trolly containing two men employed as lengthsmen the wife of one named Walsh, and her child, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A horrible accident occurred near Longreach, the terminus of the Central Railway, last night A trolly, on which were two men, leugthsmen, named Walsh, and the wife and child aged 3…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The search for the body of Robert Richardson, who was killed at Block 11, Proprietary Mine, on Tuesday, has been continued without intermission, but up to the present without success,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal accident occuried to a young man named John Paton, at Slattery's Creek, near Flyer's Creek, on Tuesday night, at 8 o'clock. Paton was experimenting with a dynamite cartridge, intending to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BARCALDINE, Thursday.--A horrible trolly accident occurred on the railway line near Longreach last night. Two lengthsmen, one named Walsh, and the wife and child of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A girl named Minnie M'Lellan jumped into the water at Albert Park about 10.30 p.m. on January 2. A young man named Satchell tried to save her, but they were both drowned. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →LISMORE, Saturday— Two boys aged 16 and 14 respectively, sons of Mr. John Robertson, late of Perrimee, and now of Sydney, were drowned in the river here last evening. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., Deputy-City Coroner, held an inquest to-day at Marrickville on the body of the lad Arthur Arter, who was drowned whilst bathing in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WELLINGTON, Tuesday— Thomas Brierly, an old resident of this district,was accidentally drowned on Saturday night in the Bell River, after falling over a bank 15 feet high. Brierly's…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Two South Australian visitors to Launceston named James Beth Wilson and Walter Cock went for a row on January 8. Wishing to land, Wilson swam ashore. Cock, who was not an…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday.— Two narrow escapes from drowning were reported yesterday. Mr. W. Schultz, a school teacher, of Sydney, was carried out to sea by the backwater, near the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. and Mrs. La Meslee, two of the victims of the late boating fatality in the harbour, left a family of three children unprovided for. A number of the late Mr. La Meslee's old associates in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Marrickville police have been informed that while bathing in a water-hole off Victoria-road a boy named Arthur Arter got out of his depth and was drowned. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The recent lamentable boating accident in the harbor, when seven persons were drowned, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. La Meslee, has been productive of a spontaneous movement on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One of the largest processional demonstrations seen in Kiama since the death of Mayor Black many years ago took place on Sunday in connection with the memorial service for the late Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 77 →Mr. W. Schuitz, a school teacher, of Sydney, was carried out to sea by the backwater, to-day, near the hospital. John Paton and F. Wearne, of Newcastle, swam out after him. Wearne reached him just as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MELBOURNE, Jan. 5— While berthing at Port Melbourne yesterday the French mail steamer Ville de La Ciotat, from Marseilles, collided with the railway pier, doing considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →KIAMA, January 4— The funeral of the late Mrs. Thomas Honey took place yesterday after noon, in the presence of a very large assemblage of sympathising friends and relatives. The…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →NYMAGEE, Saturday.— The inquest concerning the death of Robert Halliday, who died suddenly on Wednesday while being tried on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on one of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Saturday.— A violent wind storm occurred yesterday, during which an iron cage was blown from the top of the poppet toads down the main shaft of the Kohinoor Mine. In…
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