Fearful Sawmill Accident
URALLA, Monday.—A place known as the Devil's Hole, seventeen miles from Uralla, was the scene of a frightful accident about 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. A man named John Byrnes, aged 47…
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Cycling Accident. London, Feb. 19
Mr. W. Wallace, M.A., the Whyte Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University, was killed while bicycling to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saturday's Sport. Accident at Flemington. Newhaven and His Rider Thrown Gardiner Escapes Unhurt-- New- haven Shows No Sign of Injury. FLEMINGTON
At Flemington this morning the rain which fell overnight and at intervals in the morning had such an effect on the track as to render time- making very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Bicycle Accident. an Oxford Professor Killed
LONDON, Friday Night.—Mr. W. Wallace, M.A., Whyte Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University, was killed while bicycling to-day…
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The city coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin) held an inquest at Waratah to-day on the body of a boy named Richard James Drinkwater, six years of age, found drowned in a waterhole near his parents' residence,…
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Percy Ash ton, 16, a carter employed by Mr. Torrens, a grocer, was driving along Cook's River-road to-day when he collided with a vehicle in charge of a Chinaman. Ashton was thrown out…
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A boy named Richard Drinkwater was drowned in a waterhole near his parents residence at Waratah yesterday morning. It is surmised he was…
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His Excellency Lord Brassey, while out riding last evening in Albert Park, met with an exceedingly painful accident which will confine him to his room…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Hornsby. a Ganger Run Over
HORNSBY JUNCTION, Tuesday.—A railway gauger named Moss met with a painful accident this morning through being run over by a train. He was crossing the line, and evidently did not…
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Whilst returning from the funeral of Mr. Thomas Graham, jun., Burraga, a horse bolted with, a waggonette and collided with two buggies, the occupants of which were thrown out and more or…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Governor, Lord Brassey, met with a very painful but not serious accident whilst out riding at 6 o'clock last evening with a party from Government House. His Excellency…
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While riding with a Government House party in Albert Pork this evening Lord Brassey was the victim of a painful accident. The horse he was riding stumbled over a rut and Lord Brassey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Maritta
The supposition that the steamer in distress reported from Cape Otway yesterday was the Maritta turns out to be correct. She left Fremantle on the 11th instant, armed at Albany on…
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Whilst returniug from the funeral of Mr. Thomas Graham jun., to-day a serious accident occurred. A horse bolted with a waggonette and collided with two buggies, the occupants of which were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. a Ganger Run Over. One Foot Amputated
A ganger[?]named Michael Moss, aged 53, employed on the Hornsby railway line, was run over near Chatswood this morning, and his left foot was crushed to such an extent…
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A large number of metropolitan and country riders attached to the league are out at the Sydney Cricket Ground track daily training for the big meeting which commences on Thursday week. Last afternoon a number…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to the Liddesdale. Court of Marine Inquiry
Melbourne, Monday.--The court of marine inquiry to-day investigated the causes of the striking of the steamer Liddesdale upon a reef in the vicinity of Montilivit Islands, on the West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Lord Brassey. Serious Fall While Out Riding. Fracture of the Right Collarbone
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Governor, Lord Brassey, met with a painful equestrian accident this evening, his right collar-bone being fractured, and his system generally suffering a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling Accident. Two Wheelmen Injured
A serious cycling accident occurred ton the Sydney Cricket Ground track last evening, during the training operations of a heavy batch of entrants for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Octogenarian Injured
Mary Daley, aged 84, a resident of Josson-street, Alexandria, was in a neighbour's house this morning, when she slipped down several steps and sustained…
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