The Country. Railway Accident at Albury
ALBURY, Tuesday.--The faulty action of the Westinghouse brake attached to a Victorian passenger train from Melbourne was the cause of a startling experience at the…
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Distressing Fatality. Canon Shaw, of Singleton, Killed. SINGLETON
Canon Shaw, who during the past 20 years had occupied the position of incumbent of All Saints', Church of England, was killed yesterday…
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SINGLETON, Wednesday.—A fatal buggy accident occurred about 1 o'clock to-day. The Rev. Canon B. E. Shaw, after paying a visit to a sick parishioner, and whilst in the act of getting…
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LONDON, March 3.—The Thirlmere (sh), 1625 tons, of Liverpool, while loading at London, for Sydney, broke adrift, and went aground in the Thames. She was…
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ALBURY, Thursday.—The Albury to Tintaldra (Upper Murray) coach, had a startling misadventure yesterday. When the coach reached Cumberoona the driver, James King, handed the…
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The Thirlmere, ship, 1625 tons, of Liverpool, while loading at London, for Sydney, broke adrift, and went aground in the Thames. She was afterwards got off and towed to Gravesend…
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A shocking fatal accident happened to Canon Shaw to-day. The Canon was visiting a sick child, and in getting up into his buggy he slipped and fell between the wheel and the vehicle. His foot…
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SINGLETON, Wednesday. --The Rev. Canon Shaw, the incumbent of All Saints' Church, met with a shocking death at noon to-day. He had been out visiting the sick,…
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Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., City Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry at the Wentworth Hotel, Flemington, this morning on the body of John Seymour, employed by Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mudgee Shooting Case. the Injured Man's Brother Arrested. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Mudgee
Sensational developments have taken place in the recent shooting case. Last night Fred. Charles Cooper, brother of Major Cooper who was shot, was arrested, and charged with shooting…
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An employee of the railway workshops, Eveleigh, named William Thomas Langley, 16, met with a serious accident there last evening. The lad was walking along close to a machine,…
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A mas named John Seymour, 47, in the employ of Messrs. Windred and Tancred, batchers, was killed by a bullock at Flemington Bale yards last evening. Deceased at the conclusion…
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A little boy named Frederick Anderson, residing with bis parents in Sussex-st, met with an unfortunate accident in Market-street yesterday. While proceeding along the street with his mother a man,…
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A miner named John Stark was injured by a fall of coal in the Stockton pit yesterday morning. His condition is not thought serious. He was injured about the neck…
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THE funerals of the victims of the recent drowning fatality at Oberon took place on Friday. One of the boys, John Hayes, was buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Hazelgrove, while the remains of the…
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A fatal accident occurred in Kent-street yesterday afternoon near the office of the Australian Gaslight Co., Henry Gray, a carpenter, was at work on a scaffolding…
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John M'Mahon, 16, was drowned in a waterhole at St. Peters yesterday afternoon. In company with some others M'Mahon went for a swim in the pond. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cadzow Castle Lost. All on Board Drowned
A cablegram dated London, March 1, states that the barque Cadzow Castle has foundered in the Columbia River, all on board being drowned. The Cadzow Castle, with a cargo of coal, left New…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →St. Marys News. a Nasty Accident
A nasty accident occurred as the children were returning home from the big picnic on Wednesday last. A little fellow named Barlow fell on a strand of the barbed wire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident in King-street. Knocked Down by a Tram
A man named James Latimer, 65, residing at Barcom-street, Darlinghurst, was knocked down by cable tram while crossing King-street, near the intersection of Castlereagh-street…
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