A Child Drowned. Sad Fatality at Botany
A magisterial inquiry was held by the City Coroner yesterday into the drowning at Botany on Sunday of a little boy named John Tobin. The lad was on…
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Drowned Near Mittagong
MITTAGONG, Tuesday.âA lad named James Chapman was drowned here on Friday last. It is thought that the deceased with some other boys was bathing in the dam, when he was seized with…
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MITTAGONG, Monday.--A lad named James Chapman was accidentally drowned in the dam on Friday evening. He was bathing, and it is surmised that he was seized with cramps. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatality on the Warrego. a Fireman Killed. BRISBANE
A fatal accident occurred on board the steamer Warrego this morning. when lying at the A.U.S.N. Co.'s wharf. One of the firemen, James Lynch, 26,…
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An accident took place at Auburn yesterday afternoon. When a milkman named J. Dermody was driving along, his horse put its foot into a hole and fell, overturning the cart and capsizing…
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WAGGA, Tuesday.—An accident befell a boy named Jas. Palmer, 13, a son of Mr. Jamas Palmer, residing at Uranquinty-road. Palmer and his companion, Geo. Poiner, were shooting with a…
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At Frederick's Valley, near Lucknow, yesterday, a boy 8 years of age, named Edward Beasley, was sent to drive in the cows. He had to cross a creek. The boy put his horse to jump, but the saddle…
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MUDGEE, Monday.--A miner named William Wakelin, while yarding a horse at Hargraves yesterday, was thrown by a collision with a blind horse, and was internally injured, dying in a few…
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Andrew Patten (53), second mate of the Colonial Sugar Company's steamer Fiona, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital by Dr. Dixon yesterday, suffering from severe injuries to the foot. Patten, it appears, was…
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A large picnic party of ladies and gentlemen were out on Lake Illawarra on Sunday, when they had a most unpleasant and dangerous experience. Two…
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A terrible fatality occurred on the Sydney Creek road, between three and four miles from Molong, yesterday. A young man named Robert George Hyland, 20 years of age, a son of Mr. William Hyland,…
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LONDON, January 19.—A ferry boat plying on the Usk, at Newport, Monmouthshire, was capsized to-day. Ten of those on board were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hillgrove Mining Fatality. Verdict of the Coroner's Jury. Hillgrove
A coroner's inquiry was held here to-day touching the fatal accident last Thursday morning in the Eleanora mine. The court was crowded all day. Inspector Godfrey represented the Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fall from a Tram. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) a Fireman Injured
A tramway fireman named Samuel Wyce, living at Sorry Bills, met with a serious accident yesterday. Wyce was employed on motor No. 3, attached to a tram running from the railway. On approaching…
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William A. Smith, 25, clerk, residing in Agar-street, Marrickville, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital at a late hour last night suffering from the effects of a tram accident. The conductor of the 11.3 p.m…
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GUNDAGAI, Wednesday.—A. serious accident happened yesterday at Howell and Davis's Prince of Wales Mine, on the Kimo line of reef, by which a young man named…
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A young man named Broderick, a lengthsman, jumped on a railway trolly on which was a loaded rifle, when the weapon exploded, and the bullet pierced…
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LONDON, Tuesday. -- The barque Duns Law, bound from Maryport, England, to Brisbane, with a cargo of steel rails, has put into Madeira, owing to her cargo having…
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A fireman named Samuel Wyce. employed on the motor of a Railway tram, met with an accident yesterday afternoon. When approaching Park-street, he attempted to alight from the tram on the wrong aide, and another tram…
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A man named William A. Smith (23). following the occupation of a clerk, and residing in Agar-street. Marrickville, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital at a late hour last night, suffering from injuries to…
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