Burning Fatality. Newcastle
At about 5 o'clock yesterday evening at Wallsend a little girl named Sarah Hardy, 3 years old, met with a burning accident, which terminated fatally. Her…
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Collision with a Team
A tram proceeding to the railway station collided with a sulky in Elizabeth-street, near Market-street, on Saturday afternoon. The horse was knocked down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A "Push" Outrage Larrikinism at Ultimo. A Man Seriously Injured. Attacked With Blue Metal -- Brutally Kicked and Beaten -- A Man Under Arrest-Bail Refused by the Magistrate
A brutal display of larrikinism occurred at Ultimo on Saturday in the hours bordering on midnight, resulting in serious injuries to a man named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Buggy Accident
UNGARIE, Monday.—A serious buggy accident happeneed on Saturday night between here an Wyalong. A boy and a woman were driving, out to this place, when the horse shied, and the buggy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Street Accident
The coroner held an inquiry this morning at the North Annandale Hotel, Annandale, respecting the death of a child named Effie Taplyn, aged 7, who died on Saturday evening from the effect of injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Lift Accident. Inquest on Meegan
An inquest was held at the Coroner's Court to-day by the city coroner, touching the death of a waiter named Henry Meegan, who died in Sydney Hospital on Saturday, from the effects of injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hotel Lift Accident. Death of Meegan
Henry Meegan, a waiter, who was severely injured at the Hotel Arcadia last Saturday by falling down the lift well, died in the Sydney Hospital this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fatal Fall. Down a Lift Well. The Inquest on the Waiter. Deceased Blamed No One for the Accident -- He Tried to Stop the Lift When Ascending
The City Coroner held an inquest at the Coroner's Court this morning upon the body of the waiter, Henry Meegan, who died on Friday evening at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Kogarah
On Saturday an accident occurred at Kogarah to John Tuke, aged 11, who resides at Taylor-street, West Kogarah. The lad was crossing Railway-parade, when a horse attached to a spring cart took fright at the tram…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lift Accident at the Arcadia Hotel
Morgan, the man who wan injured by fulling down the well of a lift in the Arcadia Hotel, and who has since been an inmate of the Sydney Hospital, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. An inquest will be held by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Burning Accident
A married woman named Eliza Edwards was seriously burnt at Parramatta on Saturday night. Her dress caught fire from a lighted match, and before it was extinguished she was seriously burnt over a large…
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A CHILD RUN OVER BY A MILKCART. A child named Effie Taplyn, seven years of age, a daughter of Captain Richard Taplyn, ot Annandale-street. Annandale, died on Saturday afternoon from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Australia. Accident to a Steamer
ALBANY, Sunday. -- The steamer La Serena, on the voyage from Fremantle, struck on a reef. The vessel, which is leaking, has now discharged to cargo of coal, and will be examined by a diver…
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TILBA TILBA, Monday.—Mr. John Allen, an old resident of the district, was yesterday drowned in the Little Lake. Mr. Allen, accompanied by his son, a lad of about 14 years of age, went to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supposed Drowning
The water police have been still dragging for the body of William Shepherd, into cook of the steam tug New berg, but without success. Some mystery attaches to his sudden disappearance, but until the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lift Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death
The inquest touching the death of Henry Meegan, a waiter, was concluded at the Coroner's Court this afternoon, the jury returning a verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Woman's Body Found. Drowned in Darling Harbor
About 9.15 this morning Constable Tyers recovered [?] the body of a woman floating at Darling Harbor, at the foot of Druitt-street, and conveyed it to the North Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned in Darling Harbour. a Woman's Body Found
At about 9.15 this morning the Water Police found the body of a woman floating in the water, at Darling Harbour at the foot of Druit-street. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Barque. the Captain Drowned. Perth
Following closely upon the wreek of the barque Europa in Jurien Bay comes a report of the loss of another barque, the Villalta, on the same coast. The particulars to hand are…
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A horse attached to a spring van bolted last evening in Parramatta-road. The occupants, three in number, were thrown out. One, named Frederick Jones, residing at Church-street, Camperdown…
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