Drowning Fatality. Croki
A sad drowning fstality occurred at Cattai Creek, a tributary of the Manning River, to-day. A boy named Harold Albery, 10years of age, was sailing in a small flat-bottomed boat, and it is…
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Peculiar Shooting Fatality
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A sad shooting fatality is reported from Beach Forest, near Colae. An old lady named Mrs. Powney was accidentally shot dead by Mr. Wm…
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A lunatic named William Thomas Jefferies escaped from the Bayview Asylum on Monday, and his body was found In Cook's River yesterday morning. A thorough search was…
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Messrs. Batty and Sheehy, contractors for the raising of the sunken steamer Leveret, made an attempt to float the vessel yesterday. Two large punts were used…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cables. Colliery Explosion Disaster in Prussia. 50 Men Killed or Injured. London, December 31
A terrible colliery disaster has occurred at Urangel, in Prussia. An explosion occurred in a coal mine while the men were at work, and 50…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Lunatic's Death. Drowned at Cook's River The Coroner's Inquest. A Previous Escape from the Asylum --Attempts at Suicide
The City Coroner conducted an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue to-day touching upon the death of William Thomas Jeffreys, a late patient at Bayview Asylum…
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The City Coroner will hold en inquest at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday on the body of William Thomas Jefferies, the escapee from Bayview Asylum, who was found drowned in Cook's River…
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Among the casualties treated at Sydney Hos-pital yesterday were: Albert Nell, 29, porter, employed at the Victoria Coffee Palace, scalp wound occasioned by his…
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A boy named Robert Neal, 13, residing' at Campbell-street, Alexandria, was yesterday evening run over by a trolly on which were a couple of heavy water pipes. Neal was crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall Down a Shaft. a Melbourne Accident. MELBOURNE
Alexander J. Fynn, 35 years of age, sustained a severe fracture of the spine and other internal injuries through falling down a sewer shaft this morning. He had…
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An accident, which terminated fatally this morning, occurred yesterday afternoon to a lad named Arthur Jeffries, residing at 19 George-street, Erskineville. The boy…
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Alexander J. Flynn, who was seriously injured through falling down a sewer shaft yesterday, died in Melbourne Hospital to-day…
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While descending from a 'bus yesterday in Missenden-road, Newtown, a boy named Arthur Jefferies. 10 years of age, was run over by a cart coming in the opposite direction…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday,—The water police are engaged to-day in dragging for the body of a sailor named M'Quinn, who was drowned in the harbor last night. The deceased belonged to the…
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A shocking shooting fatality has been reported from Leech Forest. A gentleman named Fulton was shooting in the grounds, and having brought down a…
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Tho steamer Elamang brings news from Suva of the death by burning of an Indian immigrant at Nausori. From the particulars to hand it appears that recently Messrs…
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A fatal shooting accident occurred at Beech Forest yesterday morning. A Mr. Fulton was staying in the Forest, at the residence of Mrs. Powney. Noticing a satin bird in a fruit tree, he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Explosion Disaster in Prussia. 50 Men Killed or Injured. London, December 31
A terrible colliery disaster has occurred at Urangel, in Prussia. An explosion occurred in a coal mine while the men wore at work, and 50…
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A resident of Lambert-street, Erskineville, named Margaret Slattery, was injured by falling downstairs yesterday evening. She was treated at Prince Alfred Hospital by Dr. Jackson for a…
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A child, aged 7, named Gertrude Cheal, residing at Elizabeth-street, North Botany, was admitted to Sydney Hospital to-day Buffering from a severe wound on the heel of the left foot. The child…
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