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Latter.-A fatality still attaches to the express from Sydney when the federal delegates are on board. To-day's train did not arrive until 3.30 p.m., being three hours behind time. The first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As usual during the late holidays there were many boating and bathing accidents. It is painful to read the records of such catastrophes. How dire must be the affliction of the bereaved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday forenoon the steamer Burrawong arrived with the Macleay in tow. The latter vessel had broken down her tail shaft. This happened at 2 a.m. on Sunday last when the Macleay was bo[?]d to the Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On inquiry at the Sydney Hospital this morning it wits learned that Mr. Tedbar Johnson, who was so seriously injured at the Norwich-chambers yesterday afternoon, has passed as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A man named Thomas Connolly sat down yesterday afternoon to rest himself on the railway line near Barber's Creek. He fell off into a doze and woke up suddenly to find…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We are informed that the manner in which the lift accident occurred to Mr. Tedbar Johnson on Wednesday is as follows:--He is quite familiar with the working of the lift at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The death of David Walker, a fireman, formed the subject of a magisterial inquiry conducted by the City Coroner at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday. Walker fell from the steps leading from the upper part to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BINGARA, Saturday.-A man named Harry Oldrieve, employed at Perkin's farm, twelve miles from Bingara, was drowned in the river yesterday morning while bathing. Deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LISMORE, Friday.--An inquest was held to-day on the bodies of Eliza Devine and Rose London, of Sydney, who met with their deaths on Wednesday by drowning. The only evidence as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →While bathing at the Figtree Baths in Woolloomooloo Bay, yesterday afternoon, a newsboy named Robert Francis, got out of his depth, and was drowned. Francis went to the baths with another boy, who was able…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A man supposed to be named Timothy Conolly, who wis struck by a train on the it Barber's Creak Bridge, yesterday afternoon, died shortly after admission to the Goulburn Hospital. An inquest was held…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A newsboy named Robert Francis, 16, living at 24 Ann-street, Surry Hills, lost his life while bathing at the Figtree public baths in the Domain yesterday.Deceased, who had been learning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Tuesday morning a little hoy, aged about 4, son of Mr. Thomas, of the Corner, Pennant Hills, fell into a well half full of water. His cries attracted the attention of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Port Jackson Company's steamer Brighton, whilst coming up the harbor last evening from Manly on the 8.30 trip, came into collision with the steam collier Dunmore, which was also on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A message from New Y[?]rk, dated December 10, states that while loading for China the Pathan took fire in port. A portion of the cargo of cotton of the steamer was burned in the harbor, but the vessel was not materially…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →H.M.S Mildura arrived at Lyttelton on the 13th inst. from a trip to the southern islands. She left the Bluff on New Year's morning, and called at the Antipodes, Bounty, Campbell, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A magisterial inquiry was field yesterday with reference to the death of John Gadd, who died at Prince Alfred Hospital on Thursday morning. The evidence showed that deceased, who was 70 years old, slipped and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The passengers on the 10 to 8 train from Parramatta to Sydney on Friday morning had little idea that, but for the prompt action of a railway porter, they might have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We learn with very much regret that Mr. W. W. King, of Arcadia, has been having a miserable Christmas time of it. On December 21 he was struck in the right…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The deputy coroner yesterday inquired into the death of the newsboy, George Henry Francis, at Figtree Baths, on Friday. Evidence was given that he went to bathe with another…
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