Drowned in a Waterhole. Sad Death of a Boy
The City Coroner this morning, at the Rugby Hotel, Newtown, inquired into the circumstances under which Percy William Marshall, aged 7, met his death yesterday evening…
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A Serious Accident
Robert Holman, 38, a seaman, residing at the Quarrymen's Arms Hotel, Pyrmont, was working in the hold of the steamer Oakland at Russell's Wharf to-day, when some bags of bones or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Shooting Accident. Forbes
To-day the coroner held a magisterial inquiry on a boy named Reymond, who was accidentally shot by another boy named Curry at Nicolas and Reymond's Chanipsaur farm, last week. One boy was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on a Vessel
While engaged this morning, with some half-dozen others, in preparing cargo for removal from the hold of the steamer Oaklands, lying at Russell's wharf, a man named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The East Greta Colliery Accident. Evidence by the Workmen. Some Sensational Statements. West Maitland
The East Greta inquiry was resumed today, when some sensational evidence was given by workmen concerning the state of the tunnel where the fall occurred…
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As the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897 came into force on the 1st of July, 1898, the publication of the accident returns under its provisions for the first six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Fatality
ALBURY, Thursday.--George Wilson, aged 20 years, a woodcutter by occupation, was out duck-shooting near Barnawartha yesterday, and was loading one barrel of a gun on horseback when an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatality and Accidents. an Abandoned Child
The dead body of a newly-born female infant was found floating in Cook's River dam yesterday by Constable Cross, of Newtown police station. It had the appearance of having been in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bulli Colliery Fatality
BULLI, Thursday.—An inquest was held yesterday on the body of John Stewart, who was found dead in the main tunnel of the Bulli Colliery. The evidence showed that the "flat" boy was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Boy Drowned
A boy named Percy William Marshall, aged 7 years, who resided with his parents at 19 Raper-street, Newtown, was, in company with some other lads, bathing in a waterhole near the Warren…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclists Injured. Racing Accidents Last Night
A number of competitors at the cycling carnival held at the Sydney Cricket Ground last night sustained falls, but with one exception all escaped serious injury. James Somerville, 25, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Recent Arrival Drowned
When the Orient mail steamer Orizaba last armed in Sydney, a fortnight ago, there was, among the third-class passengers, a man named James Pinkerton, apparently between 50 and 60…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Seaman Injured
Robert Holman (37), seaman, was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital by the Civil Ambulance Brigade yesterday afternoon, suffering from fractures of both legs. He was engaged in unloading…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drink and Despondency. The Neutral Bay Drowning Case The Victim Identified
The body of the man which was yesterday found floating in Neutral Bay was this morning identified as that of James Pinkerton, a recent arrival from England. A magisterial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Serious Assault. a Box Injured at Paddington
After adjournment upon adjournment nearly every week since November 29 last, the hearing of the case in which Gordon Pirie, 20, marble polisher, Gipps-street, Paddington, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling. Electric Light Carnival. a Chapter of Accidents
It is estimated that 9000 people attended the second and last of the January series of electric light carnivals held last night at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The weather was delightful, and the…
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WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—Whilst Mr. and Mrs. Cann, old residents of Paterson, were returning there last evening after visiting Maitland, the horse which the former was driving shied,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buggy Accident
Between 10 and 11 o'clock on Thursday morning a little girl named Gertrude Bradshaw was sitting in a buggy in front of her parents' residence at Bryant-street, Rockdale. She was waiting for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Accident at Carlingford
While two young men named respectively Shields and "William Bellamy were rabbit shooting in the Carlingford district yesterday afternoon, they became temporarily separated. Soon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Light Carnival. Walne and Forbes the Winners. A Chapter of Accidents
An unfortunate series of accidents marred the success of last night's racing at the Electric Light Carnival. First, all the lights in the section fronting the members and…
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