Drowned in the Flood
GRAFTON, Wednesday.--The body of a man, named James Murphy, a teamster, from Glen Innes, was found this morning floating near the wharf at Woodfordleigh,…
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Am Equestrian Injured
A lad named John Joseph Wall, residing at Balmain, was rifling a horse at Drummoyne last evening when the animal took flight and bolted, throwing its rider against a lamp post. Wall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision with a Tram. a Cabman Hurt
A cabman named Henry Stewart, residing at Wallia-street, Woollahra, met with a serious accident last night. Stewart was driving Ms vehicle along Liverpool-street, and when at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Boys Drowned. (From Our Correspondent.) Oberon
A drowning accident of a distressing character occurred this afternoon, resulting in the death of three boys, named respectively Fred. Whiteley (aged 11), Herbert Whiteley (aged 8), and John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Milk Train. a Van Derailed
An accident happened to the milk train which left Wollongong at 9 o'clock on Monday night last, and consisted of the engine and tender, a produce track, milk ran laden with…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Joseph M'Millan, 31, the son of a dairyman at Terang, was accidentally shot dead on Wednesday afternoon by his cousin Thos. M'Millan, who is 14 years of age. The two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Gun Accident. Melbourne
A sad shooting fatality occurred this afternoon at Terang. Joseph M'Millan (aged 31), his cousin (Thomas M'Millan, aged 14), and W. T. Baxter had been out shooting. Returning home…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At Terang this afternoon. Jos. M'Millan (31), the son of a well-to-do dairyman, was accidentally shot dead by his cousin, Thos. M'Millan…
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A boy named Bourke, aged 13 years, whose parents reside in Kallabah-street, Auburn, was drowned last evening while bathing at Ahearn's waterhole Auburn. The body was…
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A boy named Bourke, 13, residing in Kallabah-street, Auburn, was bathing in a waterhole not far from his residence' last evening. Getting beyond his depth he was drowned before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fatality at Dundas Quarry
The Deputy-Coroner, Mr. R. H. Matthews, held an inquest at the Woolpack Hotel, Parramatta, yesterday morning, on the body of Denis M'Carthy, who died in the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dynamite Explosion. a Suburb of Johannesburg Wrecked. Great Loss of Life. Forty Corpses Recovered. Hundreds of Injured in the Hospital
LONDON, Thursday, 6.40 p.m.--A fearful explosion of dynamite occurred yesterday in one of the suburbs of Johannesburg, chiefly occupied by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. Terrible Catastrophe at Johannesburg. Explosion of Dynamite. A Suburb Wrecked. Hundreds of Lives Lost. Many Severely Injured
LONDON, February 20.—A fearful explosion of dynamite, attended by disastrous results, has occurred in a suburb of Johannesburg, in the Transvaal, South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lift Accident. Dr. M'donagh's Condition
Dr. M'Donagh, who was injured in the lift at the Royal Hotel on Saturday night, is still confined of bed suffering from the effects of the accident. The fracture of the leg has occasioned the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appalling Catastrophe at Johannesburg. Explosion of Dynamite. a Suburb Nearly Destroyed. Hundreds of Houses Blown to Pieces. Great Mortality Feared. Forty Mutilated Corpses Found. Two Hundred Severely Injured. the Police Searching the Ruins. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 20
A terrible explosion of dynamite, attended by disastrous results, has occurred; in a suburb of Johannesburg. South Africa, inhabited principallyby the poorer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality at Auburn
A boy, 14, named Percy Walter Bourke, of Auburn, was, on Thursday evening drowned in what is known as Ahcarn's waterhole, near the railway yards, north of the line. He left…
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A sad fatality occurred at Granville on Friday evening, when two little girls named Dwyer, were accidentally drowned in Duck-creek, some short distance above Messrs…
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EUSTON, Tuesday— A shocking drowning accident occurretLsome eighteen miles' from here yesterday. Tnree sisters named Ilsleys, while bathing with some older companions off a sand…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Boy Drowned at Auburn
An inquest was held at Auburn yesterday by the Parramatta Deputy-Coroner, Mr. R. H. Mathews, on the body of a boy named Percy Walter Bourke, aged 14 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sad Accident in Granville Two Little Girls Drowned. Brave Rescue of a Third
The news of the sad death by drowning, on Friday last of the two little daughters of Mr. Fred Dwyer, of Clyde-street, Granville, created a great sensation in the district The…
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