Sad Drowning Accident
GLEN INNES, Thursday.—A young man named Trapp, aged 25 years, and a resident of Glen Innes, met with a most untimely end on Boxing Day. The young fellow was accompanying, Mr. F. Gore…
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A Tram Collision
A tram coming from Newtown yesterday afternoon overtook a dray near Cleveland-street. The horse was considerably cut about, while the front of the engine was completely wrecked. The driver of…
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LONDON, December 31.—A serious accident occurred at Devonport Dockyard yesterday while a drilling vessel was engaged in deepening operations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Accident at Devonport. Drilling Vessel Damaged by Dynamite. Two Persons Drowned
LONDON, Thursday.--A serious accident occurred at Devonport Dockyard yesterday whilst a drilling vessel was engaged in deepening operations…
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A laborer named Alfred Thompson, 22, residing at Palmer-street, met with a serious accident last evening. He was swimming at the Figtree Baths, Woolloomooloo. Miscalculating the depth of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Railway Accident. Killed on New Year's Eve. a Man Almost Cut in Halves
A shocking railway accident occurred about 11 o'clock last night close to Burwood Station. A carpenter named Charles Ocklen was run over and killed by a train. The unfortunate fellow's body…
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Alfred Thompson, 22, laborer, residing at 220 Palmer-street, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday by Dr. Harris. While diving in 2ft at water in the Fig Tree Baths,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peculiar Accident to a Vessel. Two Lives Lost. Many Narrow Escapes. London, Dec. 31
A drilling vessel which was engaged in deepening the Devonport dockyard has met with an extraordinary accident. A gale was blowing, and after a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed on the Railway. Accident at Burwood. The Deceased's Identity. The Coroner's Inquest--The Body Shockingly Crushed--An Open Verdict
As the 11.5 train from Sydney was approaching Burwood station last night the engine dashed into a man who was crossing the rails, and killed him…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Bathing Accident. Diving in Shallow Water
An accident or a serious nature occurred yesterday afternoon at the Figtree Baths, Woollooraooloo Bay, to a laborer named Alfred. Thompson. Thompson was diving at the shallower end of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand. Boating Fatality. Three Persons Drowned
WELLINGTON, Friday.—A sailmaker named Hazelwood, together with a girl named Craig, aged 14, and another named Wilson, aged 7, were drowned in Evans' Bay this afternoon through…
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CARRATHOOL, Monday.âA son of Mr. P. Carroll, of this town, 17 years of age, was drowned in a tank on Howlong Station whilst bathing on Christmas Day. An attempt was made by one of his…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A collision took place in the Brisbane River late last night. As the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Maranoa was coming up the river completing her vo[?]age from…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—A single man named Dennis M'Guire, a master baker, aged 30, was drowned while bathing in a waterhole at Coorparoo this afternoon. The body, has not yet…
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A serious accident happened to-night on the St. Kilda-road. A van driven by a man named Robert M'Guinness, and containing a picnic party numbering 10 adults and nine juveniles…
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Thos. Richard Smith, aged 19, a sleeper-getter, was drowned in the Namoi, a mile from town, this morning. He went to bathe, and as he did not return a party went to look for him, and found his clothes…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Diving Fatality. At Fig Tree Baths
The diving fatality at the Fig Tree Baths formed the subject of an inquest by the City Coroner today at his court, Chancery-square. Evidence was given…
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Charles M'Intosh, a cabman, was seriously injured this morning through falling from his cab. After returning to his home in John-street, Waterloo,…
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The young man, Alfred Thompson, who was injured at the Fig Tree Baths, Woolloomooloo, on New Year's Eve, through diving in shallow water, died in Sydney Hospital yesterday. An inquest will be held…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lord William Beresford. Serious Accident While Hunting
LONDON, January 1.—An accident befel [?] William Beresford, V.G., while stag [?] at Gatwick, Surrey, yesterday. [?} horse struck a fence and fell, turning…
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