Sad Burning fatality. (By a Correspondent.)
A sad burning fatality occurred at Kemp's Creek, near Liverpool. On Monday of last week, Mrs Franks, wife of Mr Fred. Franks, was busy at an open fire in an outhouse…
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Crushed to Death. Fatality at Darling Harbour
A fatal accident occurred this afternoon, at the Pyrmont wharf, Darling Harbour. The [?]unate victim was a young man named J. Loney, whose place of residence was at…
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Once more has Walter Myatt, aged 13, and the holder of two Royal Humane Society certificates, distinguished himself by saving his ninth life from the Surrey Canal at Camberwell. The lad…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Arawatta-chingtu Collision. Position of Captain Lee
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- At the Marine Board meeting to-day, the secretary reported the decision of the Marine Court in suspending Captain Lee, of the steamer Arawatta, in the matter of…
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LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Cunard liner Etruria has arrived at New York after a terrible passage from Queenstown…
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The death of James Joseph Lowney, who, as reported yesterday, died in Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon from the result of injuries received by being crushed between the buffers of…
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A sad accident happened this afternoon on the ass River about seven miles from Yass. A young man named Arthur Hall, a son of Mr. William Hall, farmer, started out about 2 o'clock in order to…
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A magisterial inquiry was held at the courthouse, Young, by the coroner, Mr. Poley, concerning the death of a man named Neil Cameron, who was a groom in the employ of Dr. Zimpel. The death…
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A serious shooting accident occurred at South Arm yesterday. A young man named George England, age 21, of Peep Creek, was leaning on the muzzle of a loaded pea rifle while putting down an…
Continued on Trove, page 374 →A Boiler Accident. Two Men Scalded to Death. Charge of Carelessness
ZEEHAN (TAS.), Friday. -- A sad accident occurred last night at the New Mount Zeehan mine whereby two lives were lost. The boiler had been blown down for minor repairs, and,…
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At the Prospect races on Boxing Day a jockey named Albert John Montgomery met with an accident through colliding with a fence. The end of a pole can into his [?]igh a distance of nearly a foot, and he was brought to…
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A young man named James Lonnen, employed at a local printing office had a narrow escape from death by poisoning on Thursday night. He resides in Wigram-street, Harris Park, and has been taking a preparation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Accident at Pyrmont. a Man Crushed to Death
A fearful accident, resulting in the death of a wharf laborer named James Loney, occurred at the Government Wharf, Pyrmont, yesterday Loney, with a number of other men, was…
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On December 26th, at the races at Prospect, a lad, Alexander Montgomery, 17 years of age, whose mother resides at Granville, met with a terrible accident…
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The English collier Arno, of Sunderland, has been wrecked on the Hampshire Coast, near Portsmouth. Thirteen of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Melbourne Fire Fatality. Melbourne. Saturday Night
A verdict of accidental death was brought in by the jury at the inquest to-day on Frederick O'Neill, a boy who was killed by being run over by the fire ladder cart in…
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A terrible accident occurred at Penguin, on the North-West Coast of Tasmania. A man named Johnson, worKing on a threshing machine, fell into the drum, and had…
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The body of a man, subsequently identified as that of Robert Auderson, 69 years of age, a tinsmith, lately residing at Plattsburg, was discovered early yesterday morning, floating in the waters of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned in a Waterhole. Fatality at Marriekville
The City Coroner proceeded to the Frank ford Hotel, corner of Enmore-road and Victoria-street, Marrickville, this morning, to inquire into the circumstance surrounding the…
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A drowning accident occurred at Johnson's Waterhole, Marrickville, yesterday afternoon, when a boy named Edward Emanuel Williamson, aged 9 years, met his death. The boy, it is…
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