The Accident to the R.m.s. Orotava. Arrangements Made by the Orient Company
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 5
Naturally a very large amount of interest is being taken in the outcome of the Orotava accident. It was yesterday published that the vessel's position had become so unsatisfactory that it was deemed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magisterial Inquiries. Two Street Accidents
The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 2
A magisterial inquiry was held by the City Coroner at the Ultimo Hotel yesterday touching the death of Joseph Henry Marsh, aged 62, a tailor, who received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Australia. Accident to a Steamer
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 6
PERTH, Monday. -- The Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer La Serena struck on a reef off Cape Leeuwin during the voyage from Fremantle to Albany on Thursday. The weather was thick…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 6
A man named William Kennedy (58), a waggon-builder by occupation, residing at 52 London-street, Golden Grove, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital by Dr. Kelly yesterday afternoon, suffering from a compound fracture…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fatal Street Accident at Annandale
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 6
A magisterial inquiry was concluded by the City Coroner yesterday at Newman's Hotel, Johnson-street, Annandale into the circumstances surrounding the death of Effie Tapiyn (S), the little girl who died on Saturday…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 6
At about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon two men, named respectively Frederick Jones, residing at' 300 Churchstreet, Newtown, and William Ryder, residing at 150 Denison-street, Camperdown, were admitted to Prince…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 6
Shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning the body of a woman was found floating in Darling Harbor, at the foot of Druitt-street, by the water police, who conveyed it to the North Sydney Morgue, where it now lies…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 10
COOMA, Monday.--A sad fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon at Bredbo, the victim being Richard Bowerman, a lad of 15. The boy, in company with his elder brother, was engaged in…
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Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The steamer Nairnshire, when on her way from London, collided with, an iceberg on a foggy night in February. Her engines were reversed before the vessel struck…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 4
An old woman named Mrs. Symos was found drowned in a tank, of water at her son's selection, Womboyne, yesterday evening. The district coroner (Mr. Collie) and the Government medical officer…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 6
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Mr. Geo. Donaldson, a Solicitor, of Fort Augusta, left his home early this morning, and later in the day his body was found floating in Spencer Gulf. An inquest is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Australia. Wreck of the Ship Villalta. the Captain and an Apprentice Drowned
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 6
PERTH, Tuesday.--The ship wrecked to the north of the Moore River turns out to be the Villalla. Captain Harland and one apprentice were drowned. The remainder of the crew, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to the Gera
Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 6
LONDON, March 2.—The North German Lloyd's mail steamer Gera, which left Bremen on February 10 for Sydney, went aground in the Ischia Channel, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Strange Accident. a Man Killed with a Pick
Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—David Hitcheeck, a scavenger, in the employ of the Wallsend and Platteburg Council, was killed this morning by a blow from a pick. Decessed, it appears, had been working at…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 10
BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--An inquest was held to-day by the deputy-coroner on the body of a man found at the bottom of the Junction South abandoned shaft on Saturday. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drowning Accident at Tilba Tilba
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 6
TILBA TILBA, Wednesday. -- Mr. John Allen, a farmer, of Central Tilba, was accidentally drowned whilst bathing in the Tilba Tllba Lake, about half a mile from his residence, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Extraordinary Fatality
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 6
David Hitchcock, a laborer employed by the Plattsburg Council, met his death in an extraordinary manner yesterday. He was with a man named George Beedour and a lad named Knight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Drowning in Darling Harbor
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 7
The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday afternoon respecting the death of the woman whose body was found floating in Darling Harbor, at the foot of Druitt-street, on Tuesday, by the Water Police. Evidence…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 6
The body of Joseph Shephard, cook of the tug Newburgh, who has been missing since Sunday morning, was recovered in the harbor by the Water Police yesterday. At an inquest held last…
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