Northern News. a Painful Accident. NEWCASTLE
A lad named John Gibson, employed as a shunter in the Wallsend Colliery, met with a painful accident yesterday. He was standing on the brake guard of a waggon, when…
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Fatal Riding Accident
YOUNG, Tuesday,--News was brought to town this morning of the death by accident of a young man named Frederick Close. Whilst riding at Monteagle he lost control of his horse, which…
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BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--An inquest was held to-day on the body of Thomas Warren, who was run over by two trucks in Larry's open-cut, Block 11, on Saturday night. A verdict of…
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While a number of men were engaged this morning in the work of demolishing a shed at the works of the Australian Gaslight Co., Kent-street, the roof of the building fell,…
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Two laborers, named Charles Gustavason, 49, and Stephen Smith, 40, were seriously injured in an accident which occurred this morning at the premises of the Australian Gas Light Company,…
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At about twenty-five minutes past 11 this morning a collision, which caused a good deal of sensation, occurred in Pitt-street, almost opposite the premises of Mr. Washington H. Soul…
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Some excitement was apparent in Pitt-street, near the G.P.O., about 2.30 yesterday afternoon, when the traffic got somewhat mixed owing to a couple of horses taking the control of…
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YOUNG, Wednesday.—A magisterial inquiry touching the death of Frederick Close, who wes killed near town yesterday, was held to-day. It transpired that deceased, who was a married man,…
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The Minister for Minos is having executed and framed an engrossed letter to be presented to each of the men engaged in attempting to rescue the miners who were entombed at East Greta. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tarawer a Accident. How Mr. Torning Met His Death
Particulars of the accident that occurred on the Queen's Wharf, Wellington, on the arrival of the Union liner Tarawera from Sydney, were received by the New Zealand mall yesterday…
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A sad boating fatality occurred at Brighton this afternoon. A pleasure party went out in a boat whioh leaked, and consequently was low in the water, when a wave swamped the craft, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Arawatta-chingtu Collision. Captain Lee's Certificate
BRISBANE, Thursday.--It is understood that the Marine Board at Melbourne, who suspended the certificate of Captain Lee, of the steamer Arawatta, for a month in connection with the…
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LONDON, February 16, 3.30 p.m.—The Cunard line steamer Etruria has arrived at New York, after a terrible passage from Qneenstown…
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Two laboring men named Charles Gustavson (49), residing at Darling-street, Balmain, and Stephen Smith (40), residing at Gross-street, Leichhardt, were admitted at Sydney Hospital yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. a Shocking Accident. Melboubne
A sh[?]cking accident occurred at Portland this morning. An elderly man named George Sedgewick was attending to a planing and moulding machine driven by a gas engine, when he was…
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After, work on Tuesday, Mr. Harry Sheather was resting under one of the trees at Camellia Grove, and as he was dosing off he noticed a little boy named…
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YASS, Friday. -- This afternoon a young man, Arthur Hall, residing at Spring Creek, was out wallaby shooting, and when getting through a fence his rifle exploded, blowing a part of his…
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A magisterial enquiry on the body of William Wilkinson, who was found drowned in a water tank on York Estate, near Penrith, was held on Saturday morning…
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YASS, Saturday.—A sad shooting fatality occurred at Spring Crack, 11 miles from Yass, yesterday afternoon. At about 2 o'clock a young, man named Arthur Hall, while out wallaby…
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Mr. J. Carlton, a well-known Melbourne cricketer, was severely injured last week while performing a thoughtful act. He was practising cricket on the North Melbourne Recreation Reserve, when he noticed some glass,…
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