Two ladies Drowned
LISMORE, Jan. 21.—An accident of a very sad character occurred on Wednesday evening at a place known on the creek as M'Pheraon's Crosaing. It appears that two ladies, Miss Eliza Devine, daughter…
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The Enfield Drowning Case. Magisterial Inquiry
The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) conducted a magisterial inquiry this morning at the residence of Mr. F. W. Twine, Seymour-street, Enfield, touching the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Explosion on a Gunboat. Two Men Killed and Six Injured
LONDON, Thursday Night.--A terrible explosion occurred at Sheerness to-day during gun practice on board H.M.S. Bouncer, twin-screw gunboat employed in coast defence…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrible Burning Accident. a Sydney Man Falls on a Hot Steam-pipe in a Bath. His Flesh Adhered to the Pipe Like a Steak to a Fryingpan. an Awful Sight
While in a bath In Pitt-street, a Mr. Jarvis had the misfortune to slip and fall on the hot water pipes, and before he could be rescued he was scalded and burnt in a terrible way. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. the Accident to Lord Brassey. Melbourne
The news of the accident to Lord Brassey while going on board the yacht Sunbeam on Wednesday was cabled to London, and to-day Lord Brassey received a cable from the Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrible Burning Accident. a Sydney Man Falls on a Hot Steam-pipe in a Bath. His Flesh Adhered to the Pipe Like Steak to a Fryingpan. an Awful Sight
When in a bath in Pitt-street, a Mr. Jarvis had the misfortune to slip and fall on the hot water pipes, and before he could be rescued he was scalded and burnt in a terrible…
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PICTON, anuary 21.—An inquest on the body of John Brennan, the ganger, who was killed by the down express train to Melbourne, was held at the Club Hotel before the Coroner, Mr. W. Randell,…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Terrible Burning Accident. a Sydney Man Falls on a Hot Steam Pipe in a Bath. His Flesh Adhered to the Pipe Like a Steak to a Fryingpan. an Awful Sight
While in a bath in Pitt-street, a Mr. Jarvis had the misfortune to slip and fall on the hot waterpipes, and before he could be rescued he was scalded and burnt in a terrible way. The shock…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Drowned in the Harbor. An Unknown Lost Off the Narrabeen
Last night a man fell, or jumped, off the steamer Narrabeen as she was on her way to Manly between 7 and 8 p.m. A fishing-boat was being towed behind, and the occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Strange Fatality at Darling-hurst. a Man Shot by a Woman-Verdict of Mauslaughter
EARLY on Monday morning the police were called to investigate a strange shooting fatality at 312 Victoria-street, Darlinghurst, in a house occupied by Margaret North. A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday's Accidents
CONSTABLE M'QUAKER, of No. 3. Station, yesterday afternoon took Charles Dunn, 35, athlete, to Sydney Hospital suffering from fractured ribs, the result of a collision with a…
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The City Coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.) conducted a magisterial inquiry at the Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, yesterday respecting the circumstances surrounding the death of a child 4 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident. a Mounted Rifleman Injured
BATHURST, Monday.-At the rifle range on Saturday at the conclusion of the Western Rifle Association's Meeting Private E. Muntz, of the Molong Mounted Rifles, sustained severe injuries…
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DENILIQUIN, Monday.-A sad drowning accident occurred on Saturday at Moira. Bernard Farrell, aged 13, of Mr. B. Farrell,a well-known farmer at Moira, went to bathe in a waterhole known as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities. Drowned in the Harbor
Huga [?] aged about 77 years, was drowned in the harbor between Fort Denison and Bradley's Head on Saturday night. He was travelling by the steamer Narrabeen, which left Sydney at 7.30 for Manly. Hilton was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Peculiar Drowning Case. Fall From the Narrabeen
Considerable excitement was caused on the Narrabeen on her 7.30 trip from Sydney on Saturday evening, when it became known that a man was overboard. A fishing-boat, containing Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sulky Accident
BOMBALA, Saturday.-An accident, which might have terminated fatally, occurred to Mr. Wm. Dovers, C.P.S., yesterday afternoon. Dovers, who was accompanied by a man named Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Use of Railway Tricycles. Frequency of Fatal Accidents. the Regulations Explained
Owing to an exceptional number of deaths having occurred lately through collision between railway trains and the tricycles in use by employees in the service of the department, some comment has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Tricycles. Departmental Regulations. To Prevent Accidents
The large number of accidents which have recently occurred on the railways in consequence of the careless use of tricycles by gangers and others having elicited some…
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