The Chingtu-arawatta Collision
In the Supreme Court proceedings have teen commenced by Captain F. G. Lee to test the validity of the order made by the Court of Marine Inquiry on the 13th ult., suspending his…
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The Arawatta-chingtu Collision
The decision of the Court of Marine Inquiry on the charges brought against Captain Frances George Leo, of the Arawatta, for careless navigation, leading to the collision between his vessel…
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WENTWORTH, Wednesday.—Henry Gray, aged about 23, was accidentally drowned in the Murray at Mildura last night whilst swimming…
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A youth named William Guthrie, living at No. 185 Rose-street, Darlington, sustained an injury to his hand today while engaged in opening a tin-lined case at a warehouse in…
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George Walmsley (9), residing at 15 Wells-street, Annandale, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital last night for treatment for a severe injury to the leg, sustained by a fall in Parramatta-road, Annandale. He was…
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H.M.S. Curacoa, which was on the Australian station for some years, narrowly escaped being run down in Plymouth Sound. A report of the incident by the English mail dated January 24th…
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Matthew Bourke (30), wharf laborer, residing at 41 Cumberland-street, and J. Prendergast (32), wharf laborer, residing at 14 Kent-Street, were engaged in wool-loading on board the steamer Nineveh yesterday morning, when…
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Mr. O. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, introduced the Railway Accidents Prevention Bill in the House of Commons this afternoon. The bill…
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Mrs. Fathers, senior, who was so severely burned at Rookwood a few, days ago, died this morning at the Parramatta Hospital, A man named Edward M'Carthy was…
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A two-year-old child, named Irene Burten Shaw, whose, parents reside at No. 300 Jones-street, Ultimo, fell from the balcony at that address, today, a distance of 18-feet…
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The bill which has been introduced to the House of Commons by the Right Hon. C. T.. Ritchie for the prevention of railway accidents contains a provision under which the…
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Towards the close of one of the "sessions" at the Polytechnic, King-street, yesterday, an accident occurred, Which resulted' in the destruction of a number of costly films. The…
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On the 26th ultimo one George Thompson, a sailor, met Peter Hole in Pitt- street about 6 o'clock in the evening, near the Lyceum Theatre;' mid whilst' there conversing Hole…
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Frederick Smith (24), residing in Smith-street, Summer-hill, and employed at Gavin and Gibson's cycling agency in Clarence-street, was treated at Sydney Hospital late last night for a severe wound at the back of the…
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Whilst opening a tin case at a warehouse in Barrack-street yesterday morning, William Guthrie (16), residing at 185 Rose-street, Darlington, badly wounded his hand. At Sydney Hospital Dr. M'Masters put six stitches into…
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LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Notice has been given of a bill in the House of Commons by Mr. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, dealing with the prevention of railway…
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WENTWORTH, Thursday. -- Henry Gray, formerly of Wentworth, in attempting to swim the River Murray at Golgol, was drowned. The body has been recovered…
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GOULBURN, Thursday. -- The body of a swagsman, name unknown, was recovered this morning from the water near Inveralochy Bridge, on the road to Tarago. Deceased camped under…
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TINGHA, Thursday. -- Yesterday afternoon two lads named Glover and Suey, aged 10 and 12 years, went to have a swim in a waterhole about half a mile from the town in Cope's Creek. Suey…
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At the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the shareholders of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Limited, held in London on Tuesday, the income for the year 1898 was reported to have…
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